Fly fishing for Kings. chum, silver and Sockeye on the Kanektok River Alaska

As much fun as the salmon were, it was hard not to lay awake at night thinking of hunting these magnificent 'Bows.

John Dunagan is holding a beautiful Arctic Char that is starting to get its spawning colors. These eager biters are a blast to catch. They can get in the way though - if you are targeting a trout you have spotted. They are so fast, they often beat the trout to your fly - especially if it's an egg pattern.
(Photo by Kevin Stewart)

Even the smaller ones - those under twenty inches - were super fish.

Here are a few of the smaller "pets" - just about ready to be hand fed. The wild version of these trout are not quite as friendly.

Albert holds up a large lower river bow.
(Photo by Kevin Stewart)

A ten pound plus pet trout? Yes. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. There were several pets and most were large trout, but one of these guys was huge. He's known as Bucketmouth - because of the way he holds his huge jaw. He has been a camp pet for many years and is a personal friend to Brad's 10 year old son son - Cutler.

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