BaitfishintermediateAlaska
Smolt Pattern
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Available Sizes#4 - #8
Color Variations
Silver/Olive BackSilver/Dark BackParr Marks
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Alaska Fly Fishing Goods
Matched on Alaska, baitfish flies, rainbow trout. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on baitfish flies, trout, baitfish. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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AZ Fly Shop
Matched on baitfish flies, trout, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
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New England Fly Company
Matched on baitfish flies, trout, salmon. New England tier lead for brook trout, landlocked salmon, and coastal striper patterns.
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Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on baitfish flies, trout, broad catalog. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
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Visit sourceEvery spring, millions of juvenile salmon head downstream toward the ocean, and everything with a mouth opens it. Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, and Arctic char line up like commuters at a sushi conveyor belt, picking off smolts with mechanical efficiency. This silver-bodied imitation joins the parade and gets eaten with equal enthusiasm. It is nature's drive-through, and this fly is placing an order.
Quick Facts
TypeBaitfish
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSpring, Summer
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Northern Pike
Sizes#4 - #8
Best LocationsIliamna Lake, AK; Kenai River, AK; Bristol Bay rivers, AK
Where to Fish It
Iliamna Lake
AK · Lake Outlet
Kenai River
AK · Salmon River
Bristol Bay rivers
AK · Salmon River
Map unavailable. Locations for Smolt Pattern: Iliamna Lake, AK; Kenai River, AK; Bristol Bay rivers, AK
Related Reading
region guide
Alaska: The Last Frontier of Fly Fishing
Alaska is fly fishing distilled to its most primal form. Five species of Pacific salmon, trophy rainbow trout fattened on salmon eggs and flesh, Arctic grayling in waters that have never seen a hatchery truck — this is the complete guide to planning and fishing the Last Frontier.
species science
The Great Migration: Pacific Salmon Life Cycles
Pacific salmon are born in gravel, grow in rivers, vanish into the ocean for years, then navigate thousands of miles back to the exact stream where they hatched — to spawn and die. Their lifecycle is the most dramatic story in freshwater biology, and understanding it makes you a better angler.
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