About George Krumm

George Krumm is a the Editor of both Fish Alaska and Hunt Alaska magazines, and is a freelance writer, photographer, and speaker. He has fished and hunted from Patagonia to Alaska and has been writing professionally since 2003. George writes several feature articles per year for various publications, plus he writes the “Editor’s Creel” and “Flyfishing” columns for Fish Alaska, and he wrote our “Stillwater” (flyfishing) column for more than nine years. His specialties include single- and two-handed flyfishing, fly tying, and conventional gear fishing for everything from trout to salmon to halibut to white sturgeon. George has appeared in several televisions shows about fishing for Pacific Northwest species in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon. George has been a guest on Podcasts such as the Wet Fly Swing, American Outdoor Radio, and others, and is often invited to speak at flyfishing clubs and other fishing organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has presented seminars at outdoor shows on a variety of topics. George won first place in the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft contest in the highly competitive Column of the Year category in 2021 and 2023 for Fish Alaska’s “Editor’s Creel” column, and Magazine Article of the Year in 2023. George has been tying flies since the age of seven, and has been building fishing rods for three decades. On the hunting side, George is an avid deer hunter, builds custom hunting rifles, reloads ammo for hunting, and participates in the occasional NRL Hunter match. George lived in Alaska for 20 years and now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest.