Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
A week ago I returned from a hike-in, float-out, solo caribou hunt in the Arctic. I've posted the whole story in sections, but here are a few previews of the spectacular scenery.
Kvnfraley on Jun 24, 2020June 24th, 2020, 6:19 am EDT
Nice write up. Looking at doing a packraft trip in that area this August, checking out some known Dolly Varden staging/spawning sections in the adjacent rivers
Troutnut on Jun 29, 2020June 29th, 2020, 6:07 am EDT
That should be a great trip Kevin. I'd love to see pictures when you're done. I did bring a fly rod and a few flies along on this caribou hunt, but floating out of there soaking wet in the snow I was pretty much focused on getting back to the car and didn't have the motivation to stop and fish.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Kvnfraley on Nov 30, 2020November 30th, 2020, 7:06 am EST
Hey Jason, I finally remembered to return to this comment. The trip went really well! We had crazy nice weather for the slope in August, pretty much sunny the whole time. Caught a ton of big beautiful dollies and a few good grayling. We weren't sure we would actually find any dollies so it was really exciting to hit the motherlode. Saw griz, caribou, moose, and musk ox up close. And got a nice bull caribou on the float out. Couldn't have gone more perfectly, hoping to replicate the trip next year. Some photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10222178697443911&type=3
Kvnfraley on Dec 1, 2020December 1st, 2020, 3:20 pm EST
Thanks Jason! You were probably smart to line it. We ended up stopping after every other rapid to dump out water so running the whitewater didn't save us too much time.