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Kasilof River

The Kasilof River ( kə-SEE-lof) or Ggasilatnu in the Dena'ina language is a river on the western Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. The name is an anglicization of Reka Kasilova, the name given to the river by early Russian settlers in the area. From Wikipedia

Length
17 mi
Rises at
Tustumena Lake
Flows into
Cook Inlet

Flow now

Kenai R At Soldotna AK, 13 mi from the river.

3,600cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

02,8805,760Oct 12Nov 11

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 3,360 cfs to 5,760 cfs, around 4,140 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 39°F.

Also gauged at Kenai R Bl Skilak Lk Outlet Nr Sterling AK: 2,990 cfs, Nov 12.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

  • Midgessizes 18 to 22
  • Small eggs and worms
  • Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Typical for the week over 10 years: 3,360 to 5,760 cfs. Running 3,600 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

  • Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

Fly shops on this water

  • Alaska Fly Fishing Tours (The Fly Box) Anchor PointWebsite

Nearby waters

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.