The purpose of this thread at this time is merely to gauge interest, or non-interest in the idea of developing a river rafting trip on a remote river in SW Alaska. It would require a bush flight to a headwaters lake and a one-way trip, lasting about 10 days to a pickup point.
This trip would be focused on fishing. The rivers under consideration have all five species of salmon, king, reds, silvers, chum, and pink. Additionally, these rivers feature huge rainbows, steelhead, dolly varden, and grayling. Due to the tundra nature, hammock camping will not be possible, due to lack of trees. This is bear country, both grizzly and black bear, so appropriate measures will be taken.
As for timeframe, no dates are set. The best months are June through September, so the trip will be scheduled in those months. I'm thinking 2017 to allow for adequate planning.
This will be an expensive trip. Those participating will need to fly from their home airport to/from Anchorage ANC. From there we would fly to Dillingham or Bethel. From there we would fly to chosen headwaters lake and fish Lakers and grayling.
Party size will need to be limited to eight total. I already am aware of some who have interest. If more than eight have interest, others will be put on a waiting list. Due to the difficult logistics, it will be necessary to have some planning meetings. My thinking at this time is to have a meeting at Copia in Madison in March and another spring meeting in the Twin Cities for those who don't make Copia.
I'm sure you may have questions. Please post them here. I'm not asking for commitment at this time. But this is a good venue for starting the conversation.
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