Ed Blank's Adventures started running these Alaska float trips over 15 years ago. The float trips are fly fishing only - rafting - camping adventures in the heart of Alaska's best fly fishing - Bristol Bay, Alaska. Choosing a float trip outfitter and guide is an important, complicated process and we hope that what you read here will give you confidence in our guides, equipment and logistical experience. The next step would be to contact us and to make sure we are the right outfitter for you.

Our trips tend to concentrate on the fly fishing opportunities for rainbow trout and regard salmon fishing as a bonus, but we can also key in on any of the Alaska salmon runs. The rivers we float run clear and are easy to wade.  The fish are wild, big and plentiful. The guides are eager to please, and love teaching. Our equipment is first rate and the food is fresh and plentiful.

After reading this page you may find more details about our Alaska float trips by using the links found on the top right part of this page, these links will overlay a specific detail page. For some pictures try out the alaska float trip photo gallery just to the right  and slightly above this text in the side bar. These pictures are divided into three categories: Fishing photos, Camping photos and scenic shots.

Are you a fly fishing enthusiast looking for large rainbow trout? Maybe, king salmon in front of your camp? Our Alaska float trips are fly fishing only and offer an exhilarating way to explore the incredible Alaska wilderness known as Katmai National Park.  Imagine camping on the bank of a remote stream, fishing until midnight, waking up to the sound of salmon splashing their way upstream or trout slurping caddis outside your tent. These float trips are for fly fishing enthusiasts whether they be novices or experts in the art of fly fishing. We promise to provide patient, fly fishing instruction and lots of easy to fool rainbow trout, grayling, salmon and char!.

We have several different rivers to float here in Katmai National Park: the Alagnak River, Grizzly Creek, and Moraine Creek. We have been floating and fly fishing these rivers for 15 years and have great confidence these rivers will live up to your expectations. Fly Fishing is all we do, no spin fishing here.  I am not a snob, I just don't know much about spin fishing as I grew up fishing on a fly fishing only river!   Some of the rivers we float are fly fishing only.  You can spin fish ( artificial lure, barbless single hook) on the Alagnak river but not the Moraine or the Grizz.  Most of the fishing is done while wading and although we do fish from the boats while moving down the river. We stop often for a lot of wade fishing.  Only a small percentage of time is spent in the rafts.  For example, our Alagnak float trip it only takes 12 hours of river rafting to get to our take out, yet it takes us 6 days to fish it, so you can see we wade a lot every day.

As you probably know a float trip entails camping. You will board a float plane loaded with the rafts, gear and supplies. It will be about a 30-60 minute flight to a lake at the head of your chosen river. After that we are on our own in the middle of nowhere!  This is comfortable camping since we are not backpacking we can carry lots of gear. This means cots to sleep on, tents you can stand up in, a screened weather proof dining tent, tables stools and lots of great fresh food and wine that will rival any land based lodge. For us, the camping seems a small price to pay to be living on the river with all the extra fly fishing and wild life viewing time that a float trip offers.

We have rainbow trout, Grayling, Char, King Salmon, Chum Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, Pink Salmon and Silver Salmon in these waters. Our favorite quarry however is the rainbow trout and we love to fly fish for them. Some of the rivers we float are fly fishing only by law, but all of our trips are fly fishing only regardless of the regulations on the river. Alaska fly fishing regulations require fishing a single, barbless, hook, and all the fishing is catch and release for trout. ( We can harvest a salmon or other non trout species for an occasional dinner if you like).

The big rainbows range from 5-12 pounds, and we have landed a couple fish in the 15 pound range ( Moraine Creek) Five species of Pacific Salmon, Char and Grayling add to excitement every day. Whether you want to fish dry flies for rainbows, or throw a ten weight for a 60 pound King salmon, we feel we offer the best fly fishing float trips in all of Alaska. Join us (Ed, Rachel, Jeff, Mikael and Pedro) for the float fishing adventure of a lifetime and the finest fly fishing that Alaska has to offer.

Why travel all the way to Alaska for a float trip?, Then all the way out to King Salmon, Alaska? Then get in a float plane and go even farther? The sad truth about Alaska is that if you can drive to a river that has good fishing it will be elbow to elbow.  Hike up that stream for an hour and you will have a few people at each good hole.  Take a float plane out of Anchorage and it thins out more,  take a commercial flight from Anchorage to King Salmon and there are less people,  hop on the float plane from there and we start to get alone. I can't stress enough how important it is to get yourself away from Anchorage, the last little flight from Anchorage to King Salmon is expensive but so worth it! Experience the wilds of Alaska away from the crowds, the way it should be

Testimonials:

"Thanks for everything, That was by far the best fly fishing trip I have ever been on.  Jeff, Gary and I had a great time"
Tim

" Our trip was the best vacation we've ever had, Which we've already used to bore friends and relatives. Your expert teaching, guiding, cooking etc. made it all possible Now we know why all the references we called last year raved on and on"
Allison & Jeremy"

"This was by far the best fishing trip I have ever heard of much less been on" 
Bill

These fish are steelhead not rainbows and the food in camp , my wife can't do that in her $50,000 kitchen!  The guides were awesome, we caught nearly 20 rainbows a day all over 5 pounds.  My best day was 30 fish, my biggest was 30" and about 12 pounds. Please use me as a reference anytime"
Jim

*Ed Blank has been fly fishing for trout since the age of 6 back in the woods of New Hampshire,  Since then he has fished throughout the world in search of fly fishing heaven.

These Alaska trips are just that - fly fishing heaven!

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Alaska float trips are not for everyone.  Alaska can be buggy, rainy, and cold.  These float trips are for people who are comfortable camping and working hard to keep the trip running smoothly.  The groups are small and the moral is high as we can usually weed out those who are better served in the warm comfort of a lodge. We know the lodges in the area and are happy to help you find the right one.

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