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Battle Creek Special
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Matched on Alaska, streamer flies, rainbow trout. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.
Fulling Mill Flies
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The Battle Creek Special was born on one of the countless tributaries in the Bristol Bay drainage where rainbow trout grow fat on salmon eggs and flesh. It is a sparse, understated pattern in a fishery that rewards subtlety -- a rare thing in Alaska, where the general philosophy is 'bigger, brighter, more.' Sometimes the fish want a whisper instead of a shout. This is that whisper.
Quick Facts
Where to Fish It
Bristol Bay rivers
AK · Salmon River
Katmai National Park
AK · Remote Stream
Iliamna Lake
AK · Lake Outlet
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