Description
April 2011 | Spring Steelhead
Departments
Editor’s Creel 6
Fish Alaska Traveler 10
Fishing For a Compliment 12
Tackle Tech 18
Salmon Sense 22
Fish Alaska Fly 26
EZ Limits: A Guide’s Angle 28
Fish Alaska Boats 30
Tight Lines 34
Fish Alaska Recipe 78
Advertiser Index 80
Final Drift 82
Features
Fish Alaska Fly: Ghost Hunting
by Rich Culver
Hanging in trees wouldn’t be part of the normal fishing experience, but in southeast Alaska it is what happens to fly fishermen who chase steelhead (at least the successful ones). Rich Culver brings you this unique look at the obsession that is spring steelhead fishing.
Fish Alaska All Tackle: Jig & Float Fishing for Spring Steelhead
by JD Richey
It’s hard to imagine a big, fresh-from-the-sea rainbow inhaling a tiny piece of lead and marabou, but JD Richey swears that they do!
Fish Alaska Tactics: Anatomy of a Steelhead Hole
by Scott Haugen
Steelhead are predictable, meaning the more you know about where they hold–and why–the better the chance you have of catching them. Scott Haugen should know, he’s fished steelhead for over 43 years, and here he shares his expertise.
Fish Alaska Travel: On the Tal
by Marcus Weiner
Fish Alaska magazine staff meets up with the North to Alaska crew in a friendly rivalry that brings good friends and fishing together.
Head of the Class
by Paula Dobbyn
A week of education at Bristol Bay’s new Fly-Fishing Guide Academy. Paula Dobbyn reports on this highly successful learning institute and finds that there is more to guiding than just showing someone where the fish are.
COVER/Larry Csonka and Audrey Bradshaw fishing on the Tal. © Pat Smith
