Ben Lindner and Dick Lange started Alaska Rivers Fly Fishing Adventures fifteen years ago, after several costly fly fishing
float trips to Alaska with other guides and lodges. We wanted to
provide the same comforts, floating capability, and fishing opportunities
that we had obtained from the other guides, incorporating the idea
of maximizing time on the water and minimizing costs. Our
goal is to provide the most affordable fishing and outdoor experience,
floating one of Alaska’s great ‘ fly fishing’ rivers. Since 2007, Dick has been the owner and operator of Adventures, and has two excellent guides helping him: Joe and John Kristof.
Alaska Rivers Fly Fishing Adventures provides fly in fly-fishing float trips to a number of rivers in Southwest Alaska . Our aim is to put the fly fisherman on to Trophy Rainbow and Salmon Rivers . Our float trips start at the headwaters of the river that we are going to fish, and we spend seven to eleven days floating the river in search of Trophy Rainbows, Kings and other species of Salmon. We will stop and fish known holes, and also search out new places to cast a fly. We float between two and ten miles of river a day, and when we find really good holes, will stay and camp for two or three nights. It is not uncommon to find our fly fishermen casting their flies as the midnight sun sets at 2AM in the morning. These trips are aimed at the fly fishermen, and we do everything we can to put you in to great locales to catch that trophy Rainbow or King. Some of the rivers we fish hold the elusive Leopard Rainbow - known for its large spots and its aggressive and tenacious nature. We have novice and experienced fly fishermen on our trips, and Ben and Dick take the time to work with the beginning fly fishermen to help them learn the best techniques of casting and fishing for the rainbows, grayling, char or salmon that they are after. In 2004 we are planning trips to the Alagnak area in June and July (Rainbows, Kings, Sockeye, Chum, Pinks, Char and Grayling), and the Kisaralik (Rainbows, Char, Grayling and Silvers) in August. We can plan special trips to rivers of your choice, at the time that you desire as well.
We have been fishing Alaska rivers for over 25 years. In the last fifteen have specialized in float operations to rivers in Southwest Alaska . Our favorite fish to angle is the Rainbow, but we often try to arrange trips to search for specific species of salmon as well. The King, probably the most sought after salmon is often the quarry we are searching. We also have found the Chum, pound for pound one of the most exciting and powerful salmon to hook and land, while the sockeye, probably the most prolific of all the species, the hardest to catch and yet the most acrobatic when hooked. We often will encounter rainbows, char, grayling, chum, sockeye and kings during our early year floats, allowing the fly fisher to fish drys, eggs, leaches, mice and streamers during the course of a days float. Often, you will float a whole trip and never encounter another group or boat on the river, Here with Alaska Rivers Fly Fishing Adventures you can experience wild Alaska, see beavers at work, moose and caribou grazing, bears in the search of salmon, and eagles soaring in the air with the quite gurgle of the river as it tumbles by at your feet.
Dick Lange - your guide and owner of Alaska Rivers Fly Fishing Adventures - has floated over 12 different rivers in Alaska over the past 15 years. We search for rivers with exceptional fishing and fishing conditions. One of these systems is the Alagnak River , with its headwaters at Kukaklek Lake and Nonvianuk Lake . The Alagnak system has cold, crystal clear water, riffle after riffle of gravel bottom, deep cut banks, and literally millions of fish to entice with a fly. The Alagnak has the world's largest run of sockeye salmon, and an exceptional run of King Salmon. It is in the heart of Alaska 's catch and release rainbow trout area, which has provided you, the angler, with a rainbow fishery that is unsurpassed in the world.
Most importantly, to sign up for a trip
or find out more information, contact
Dick or his wife Jackie at email Richard@flyfishalaskarivers.com or squashhappy00@hotmail.com. They
will be happy to answer your questions.
