Silver Salmon Fly Fishing

Silver salmon fly fishing on the Alagnak River with Angler’s Alibi should be a bucket list item for any serious fly angler.  While fishing for silvers on the Alagnak, there are so many salmon that your likelihood of catching a fish on nearly every cast is high.   You will catch a mix bag for sure, as chum salmon and pink salmon are always a possibility.  If you target more silver specific water, such as the slower, deeper water accessed from a boat, you will no doubt up the ratio of silvers caught in the daily bag.

Tips for Silver Salmon Fishing:
We prefer a 9wt. rod with either a intermediate sink tip or a floating line with a long leader and weighted flies.  The silvers will take on the strip or swing, and also on the dead drift.  These presentations are usually mixed up during the day to keep the bite consistent.

Good Alagnak River silver salmon fly patterns are the Popsicle, pink and white Dali Llama, Flash fly, and various marabou and bunny flies with a fair amount of flash and pink as the primary color.

Last season the Alagnak River saw a very strong run of silvers.  While standing on the camp bluff after the last guests left, it was hard not to go across from camp to the opposite bank and fish for fresh silver salmon that were jumping all over the place along the tree line.   We were  shutting down camp with the river full of silvers…This is why we will run for 7 weeks again in 2013, as for the past several seasons, we leave with silvers still in the tidewater……THICK!

About the Author

​John Perry grew up in Michigan on an island called Grosse Ile, in the mouth of the Detroit River and Lake Erie. It was here, surrounded by great fishing and waterfowl hunting that John developed a passion for the outdoors. John moved to Colorado to chase trout in the summers and ski patrol in the winters. John had the privilege to start guiding for Angler’s Alibi with his fly fishing mentor TR Rafferty the second year it was in business. He left a head guide job in Colorado to pursue bigger and better fish.