Description
August / September 2005 | All Coho and Rainbows All the Time
DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Creel 8
Alaska Traveler 12
Book Review 14
Fishing for a Compliment 16
Advertiser Index 74
Fish Recipe 76
Checkerboard Salmon from
Anchorage’s Marx Bros. Cafe
Final Drift 82
PLUS
Fish Alaska Special Section
Agulukpak River 68
Just a snippet of river, by Alaska standards, but one heck of a fishing destination, surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the state.
by Mo Tidemanis
Features
Debut of the “Mardi Gras”
by Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf
Pudge whips up a glittery go-getter for salmon and trout.
Big & Nasty
by Scott Sanchez
Fly expert Scott Sanchez says, “Super-size those flies.” If you want big fish, tie big flies. Here’s how to tie two of his oversized favorites.
Silver Platter
by Greg Thomas
What do commercial fishermen do when they’re not hauling in big catches of fish? Why fish with a fly rod, of course. Greg Thomas dishes up a Southeast salmon adventure.
by publisher Marcus Weiner
Sleek, powerful spring-trout are the quarry in the heartland of the Iliamna region.
All that Glitters
by McKibben Jackinski
After the rush for kings is over, the Kenai River puts on a second act that can rival the first. McKibben Jackinski writes a loveletter to the understudy.
87 Ways to Silver
by Laura Metcalfe
Combine these Southcentral locations and the other tips and techniques in this issue for more than 100 locations and ways to hook the acrobatic Alaska coho.
COVER / Jake Jordan with a big, bright rainbow. © Jake Jordan
