DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Creel 6
Alaska Traveler 8
Fishing for a Compliment 12
Recipe 88
Advertiser Index 92
Final Drift 98

Silvers & Sharks 71
A tale of frustration, fatigue, rough water, and the biggest Alaska fishing adventure of all: Salmon Sharks!
When you are using cut-plug salmon for bait, and your boat is surrounded by shark fins, it’s almost guaranteed to be the “trip of a lifetime.”
by Terry Sheely
 

The 40-Pound Roll 18
Preparing and rigging plug-cut herring 
for deadly salmon results. Wear gloves!
by Dave Kilhefner

Pounding Pinks 21
Scott Haugen shows you how to increase your 
catch-and-release salmon numbers this summer, 
and tells you why it’s okay to target pinks.

The Hasselborg Experience 28
Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska has some 
hot fishing. This little-known creek is smokin’ !
by Chris Shaffer

Fishing with My Daughter 38
When a buddy canceled out on a trip to Alaska it was 
the best thing to ever happen to this father-daughter pair.
by Stan Cunningham

Monsters from the Deep 50
E. Donnall Thomas fly fishes beyond the 
top-water for these odd and exciting salt creatures.

10 Tips to Super-Braiding Salmon 61
Guide Andy Couch shares his expertise in the 
world of increased catches using super braid lines.

Alaska’s Other Saltwater Fish 82
Ruta Vaskys & Martin Freed discuss the merits and 
techniques of catching something other than salmon 
or halibut in Alaska’s saltwater.

COVER / The ultimate challenge, the elusive salmon shark. © Swifty’s Alaskan Adventures