836 | Stillwater Fly Fishing in Alaska with George Krumm
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Presented By: Togiak River Lodge, Fish The Fly, and Montana Fly Fishing Lodge.
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Stillwater fly fishing in Alaska is one of the state's most underrated experiences — and George Krumm, editor of Fish Alaska Magazine, wants to change that. In this episode, George joins to share why Stillwater Fly Fishing in Alaska holds massive potential for trophy trout, and how understanding the lake's ecosystem can help anglers unlock consistent success throughout the season.
From post–ice-out timing and hover-line techniques to identifying scud-rich lakes and choosing the right presentation depth, George breaks down the essential strategies that make Alaska's stillwaters so rewarding. You'll also hear how local anglers can use stocking data, structure maps, and a little patience to find fish that rival the best rivers in the state — without leaving the road system.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're diving into Alaska's hidden frontier. |
| 0:05.2 | It's Stillwaters. |
| 0:06.5 | Today you're going to find out how to approach Stillwaters across the state. |
| 0:09.9 | Why so many anglers overlook them and how to find trophy trout in places most people drive right past. |
| 0:16.0 | By the end of this episode, you're going to get a roadmap for fishing Alaska's still waters like a local, |
| 0:21.2 | and you're going to get a new appreciation for why lake fishing might be the next big thing up north. |
| 0:26.2 | This is the Webfly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, |
| 0:30.3 | how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip, |
| 0:33.3 | and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love. |
| 0:36.8 | George Crumb, editor of Fish Alaska Alaska Magazine joins us today to break down his background |
| 0:42.3 | and experience fishing still waters across Alaska's south central area. |
| 0:47.1 | You're going to learn how to find and use digital mapping to find big trout. |
| 0:51.1 | Why trout respond differently in cold northern lakes and how it's different |
| 0:54.9 | from down the lower 48, and what setups George Truss when he's hunting giants across the |
| 1:00.3 | Matsu Valley. Plus, we're going to dig into why lake fishing deserves more attention from |
| 1:04.2 | serious fly anglers and how it's shaping Alaska's future and fisheries. Here we go. Let's dig |
| 1:09.5 | into it, George Crum. You can find them at fishalaska magazine.com. How's it going, George? Oh, it's going great. Good to be here, Dave. Thank you. Yeah, thanks for coming back here. We had you on. It's been about a year, I think, episode 674, where we kind of did a little bit of an overview of kind of the |
| 1:29.4 | grand slam. We talked about catching some different species around Alaska. Today, we're going to |
| 1:34.0 | get into one of my other loves is Stillwater fishing. And, you know, I think that's maybe something |
| 1:40.1 | that gets left out a little bit. I think a lot of people are thinking about salmon. Maybe |
| 1:43.6 | they're thinking about catching a big fish on the knack, knack or something like that. |
| 1:47.9 | But lakes have big fish, too. Is that true? Maybe tell me that. Do you do a lot of stillwater |
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