Aleutian Adventures
Fly Fishing Gear Guide
We recommend arriving fully prepared with your own fishing gear. Each lodge keeps a limited number of loaner rod-and-reel setups on hand, and guides will provide leaders, tips, and flies as needed.
Support your local fly shop first. If they don’t have what you need, Alaska-specific shops like Alaska Fly Fishing Goods and Mossy’s Fly Shop carry the right gear and know our programs inside and out and offer the strongest selections of flies and gear needed to outfit your trip with Aleutian Adventures.
Gear Recommendations
King Salmon
- Two-handed/Spey Rods: 9-10 wt, 11-13 ft rods
- Shooting Heads: floating and intermediate compact Skagit heads to match your rods
- Running Line: 40# monofilament
Tips: 10’ T-14, 2.5’ float/7.5 sink T-14, 5’ float/5’ T-14 and 10’ T-17 - Leader: 20# monofilament
- Hooks: Size #1 or #1/0 octopus-style stinger hooks
- Fly Selection: 3-4″ long weighted and unweighted traditional-style or tube flies. Flies should be moderately dressed to sink faster and include an abundant amount of flash. Popular colors and combinations include chartreuse/blue, black/blue, pink/orange, purple/black, and black/chartreuse. Some of our favorite commercially tied flies include large Intruders, Squidro, Trailer Trash, Dirty Hohs, Bjorn Stinger Prawn, and Hartwick’s Flashtail.
Steelhead
- Two-handed/Spey Rods: 7-8 wt, 11-13 ft rods
- Shooting Heads: floating and intermediate compact Skagit heads to match your rods
- Running Line: 40# monofilament
- Tips: 10’ T-11, 2.5’ float/7.5 sink T-11, 5’ float/5’ T-11, 10’ T-14
- Leader: 20# monofilament
- Hooks: Size #2-#4 octopus-style stinger hooks
- Fly Selection: 2-3″ long weighted and unweighted traditional-style or tube flies. Popular colors and combinations include black/blue, pink/orange, purple/black, and olive.
Silver Salmon
- Two-handed/Spey Rods: 7-8 wt, 11-13 ft rods
- Shooting Heads: floating and intermediate compact Skagit heads to match your rods
- Tips: 10’ T-11, 2.5’ float/7.5 sink T-11, 5’ float/5’ T-11, 10’ T-14
- Single-hand outfits – 8-10 wt, 9 ft rods w/ matching floating and type-3 sinking lines
- Leader: 16-20# monofilament
- Hooks: Size #1-#4 streamer or octopus-style stinger hooks
- Fly Selection – 2-3″ long weighted bunny leech-style flies and foam-backed flies surface for “wogging”. Flies should be weighted with cones or dumbbell eyes to create “jigging” action and include some flash. Popular colors and combinations include pink/chartreuse, purple/black, purple, red, and all shades of pink.
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