


Fly Fishing – Whidbey Island by Jonathan Knapp Several years ago I had the good fortune to go fly fishing with Jens Christiansen and his son Rasmus for several days during late summer when thousands of pink salmon were making their return to North Puget Sound streams. Jens and Rasmus had traveled from Denmark to visit the late Jack Charlton of Mako Reels. Jens, an Atlantic Salmon fly fishing guide and creator of the website Templedog Tube flies, had expressed to Jack an interest in fly fishing some of the local fisheries so Jack called me up to see if I was available to take them fly fishing. I knew that Jens was a seasoned and traveled angler, so I …
Youth Fly Fishing and Salmon in Solitude Reels home town….Jonathan Knapp of Solitude Reels is seen here fly fishing with Rasmus Christiansen. They caught a nice pink salmon on a Washington beach. Also seen in this picture is Solitude Reels Pewter Solitude 5.
We love youth fly fishing at Solitude Reels. Thank you to this young angler for sending us this great picture! He was enjoying some fall rainbow trout fishing in Alaska. Also seen in this picture is the Solitude Reel – Black SR3.
Fly Fishing Alaska’s Arolik River by Troy Buzalsky The fly fishing planning was fierce, nine days and nine nights floating Alaska’s Arolik River, in pursuit of Arctic Grayling, Leopard Rainbows, Dolly Varden, and potentially all five Salmon species. Getting there was the easy part, thanks to Papa Bear Adventures, whom orchestrated our fly in, fly out, and necessary gear which included raft, cooler, kitchen, and tent…the big stuff! We needed to travel as light and practical as possible, but on a trip-of-a-lifetime, shortchanging ourselves on fly fishing gear was not an option. We chose to be prepared for every fly fishing opportunity available taking a 4 weight bamboo, 6 weight trout rod, and 8 weight steelhead rods. These rods would allow us …
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