DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Creel 8
The Alaska Traveler 12
Book Review 14
Fishing For A Compliment 16
Fish Alaska Services Guide 76
Advertiser Index 78
Fish Recipe 80
CampoBello’s Crispy Salmon
Final Drift 82


Guest Editorial
Mining Alaska’s
Trophy Rainbows 18
The proposed Pebble Mine near
Lake Iliamna could have a
dramatic impact on the fish
and fishing in southwestern Alaska.
By Andy Bullick

Keeping Them Fresh 22
Here’s how to preserve your catch for the firmest,
most flavorful table-fare.
By Doug Wilson

Goldrush Grayling 26
Matt Hage fishes for interior Alaska’s hungriest
(and most beautiful), freshwater fishes.

The Egg & I 32
E. Donnall Thomas, Jr. shows us why the main
ingredient in your tackle box should be eggs,
regardless of your quarry.

Alaska’s Talkeetna River 40
Surrounded by beauty, this river flows in the shadow
of North America’s highest peak and provides some
pretty dramatic fishing as well.
By Jerry Wylie

Sitka’s Secrets 46
Fish these undiscovered, saltwater “hot spots” with
author Dave Vedder.

Togiak Tango 56
From endless riffles in gin-clear water to deeper channels, publisher Marcus Weiner fishes this winding river in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.

Boardwalk 64
Chase spring steelhead from Southeast’s only
Orvis-endorsed lodge.
By Troy Letherman



COVER/An angler works to land his catch near camp on a remote float trip. © Brian O’Keefe