DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Creel 8
Alaska Traveler 12
Fishing for a Compliment 14
Fish Alaska Boats 22
Haugen's Tackle Tech 26
Richey's Salmon Sense 30
Fish Alaska Recipe 112
Advertiser Index 114
Final Drift 122

Fish Alaska Special

STRANDED! 51
Tim Mead and friends started out on a normal Alaska adventure and ended up with a bit more than they bargained for. But the fishing was fabulous . . . so who can complain?
 

FEATURES

Fish Alaska Fly

Great Balls of Smolt
When the young salmon move downstream,
the rainbow fishing is wild and big.
E. Donnall Thomas shows you how.
Fish Alaska All-Tackle

Bobbers and Bait
Andy Couch gears up to do some drop back fishing with bobbers and bait for some lively fresh-water salmon action.

Fish Alaska GEAR ISSUE

2008 Editors' Choice Awards
Our annual awards for field-tested, tough fishing equipment. If this gear can make it in the extremes of Alaska, you can be sure it will perform well for you wherever you might go.

NEW GEAR 2009
Our editors review the most promising
new gear for the coming season.
What they found should be of
interest to Alaska anglers
of every stripe.