Stillwater Dry Fly Fishing || Beautiful Fish and Dry Fly Tips!

Published 2024-06-26
In this video, I stop by a beautiful small mountain lake in Alaska, and do some fly fishing for dry flies for some gorgeous Dolly Varden, which are a char (like Brook Trout) and closely related to trout. During the video, I catch a bunch of fish, and discuss some tips and tricks that I have learned to help catch fish with dry flies.

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All Comments (11)
  • Really appreciate you taking the time to talk about how you catch fish with dry flies at lakes. Most videos just show the catches... I learned a lot from this video!
  • Awesome catches those fish looked awesome! Loving the Alaska fly fishing πŸŽ£βœŒοΈπŸ™ƒ
  • @AKTad
    Thanks for visiting Homer! Glad you liked the reservoir
  • @MrKevsFishing
    Those were some beautiful Dolly Varden, nice work Kev! They loved the dry flies 🎣πŸ”₯πŸ’―
  • @waikarimoana
    Nice fishing trip Kevin and always harder to fool them with dry fly brother, enjoyed the trip, thumbs up and greetings from NZ,, Tony,
  • The Alaska saga continues 🀠 looks super fun on that dry fly πŸ™ŒπŸ»
  • Awesome video and tips. Cool info about Dolly Varden char as well!
  • @barbmoen6194
    Nice job, Kev! Enjoy learning about those dollies, and seeing some action on a lake. Too bad no donkeys wandered over...πŸ˜‚
  • Kevin! For a guy who has only been fly fishing a couple of years, you do very well! I pick up tips from your videos! You dialed in on those Dolly Pardon pretty quick using those dry flies buddy! Well done πŸ‘, great fishing in Alaska! 🎣
  • There was a book written in 1972 called "Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect" by Leonard Wright. Giving your dry fly some motion can definitely by super effective. Whether it be stripping as you were here, or something as simple as a twitch. Another great video Kevin! Good job adapting to the situation and finding out what the fish were looking for. Solid stuff.