Question:
Brad,
If I order flies, will I get them by Monday the 27th? My wife is flying up on the 28th. I could also pick them up in Anchorage. I would like an assortment of your best Rainbow flies. I'll be fishing the upper Kenai one day but mostly up north in the small rivers around the Talkeetna area
Answer:
Hi and thank for the inquiry.
Priority mail will if shipped out by 7/22 should arrive at any US location by 7/27. With that said, Anchorage is 2-3 days delivery via Priority Mail. I would use this option if it is viable.
I have put some recommendations into a shopping cart. This will allow you to see the different patterns. Most are streamers. There’s a couple mice as you should still be able to pull some nice trout out of the snags in the Talkeetna area. I also included some flesh which could be good on the Kenai below areas where there is sockeye being processed. You may also find that flesh will work along brushy, snaggy areas in talkeetna.
One thing I haven’t included is any beads. The bead bite should be starting. 1st run sockeye should be spawning in the Russian and parts of the Upper Kenai and Refuge. There also should be some spawning starting to occur behind kings in the Upper Susitna tribs. If you would like me to throw in some bead recommendations or would like a small bead kit, please let me know. Please email me at mike@alaskaflyfishinggoods.com. To see the recommendations cart, please click on the following link: Kenai/Talkeetna Fly Recs for Early August
Tight Lines,
Mike