DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Creel 6
Alaska Traveler 12
Fishing for a Compliment 16
Haugen’s Tackle Tech 22
Fish Alaska Boats 26
Reading Rivers 30
Fish Alaska Recipe 76
Smoked Salmon by
Glacier Gold Products
Advertiser Index 78
Final Drift 82

Fish Alaska Special

Derby Roundup 74
Did you enter a fishing derby this summer? Want to know how big the winning fish was? And who caught it? Here are all the winners in one place!

 

FEATURES

Fish Alaska Travel

Grand Adventure on the Koktuli 34
Veteran fisherman Les Palmer leads this expedition for three generations on the Koktuli River.

Little Boy Creeks 40
Some of our most priceless memories are
fishing with dad (or mom). Here are some suggestions to get you out with your kids and share your passion for fishing with them. René Limeres brings it all back (and forward).

Streaming into Thorne Bay48
Scott Haugen takes a trip to beautiful Southeast for a wide variety of virtually untouched fresh and saltwater fishing.

Wandering Ketchikan 56
We turned Andrew Cremata loose on the charming town of Ketchikan to see
what he’d do there . . . quite a lot of exploring and fishing (of course).

Fish Alaska Fly

The “Lawyer” Fly 67
So good it’s bad–the Egg-Sucking Leech has got to be the fly of choice for Alaska fly
fishermen. G.B.Barnard shows how it’s done properly for great results with a spey rod.

COVER/A perfect chrome coho. © Jim Klug