Description
February 2012 | Special Travel Edition
Departments
Editor’s Creel 6
Alaska Traveler 8
Fishing for a Compliment 10
Tackle Tech 14
Salmon Sense 16
EZ Limits: A Guide’s Angle 18
Fish Alaska Fly 20
Fish Alaska Saltwater 22
Fish Alaska Slillwater 24
Fish Alaska Boats 26
Tight Lines 30
Advertiser Index 79
Fish Alaska Recipe 80
Final Drift 82
Fish Alaska Special
The Never-ending Flight of Future Days: Flying to Fish in the Last Frontier 34
Editor Troy Letherman paints the landscape of Alaska with bush planes as the subject. Accompanied by the photography of Jim Klug.
Features
Secrets of Sumner Strait
by Terry Sheely
Contributing editor Terry W. Sheely blows the lid off this do-it-yourself secret in Southeast.
Summer of a Thousand Grayling
by Garrett Glodeck
Garrett Glodeck makes his first appearance in Fish Alaska with this Niukluk River trip for trophy grayling.
The Mighty King
by Melissa Norris
Publisher Melissa Norris takes to the Kenai to end a losing streak for king salmon.
To Alaska with Love
by Lee Allen
Lee Allen writes of his trip to Prince of Wales Island for a bounty of saltwater fishing.
In the Wake of Ancient Fisherman
by Tom Watson
Kayak fishing then and now. Author Tom Watson fishes the beauty of Kodiak Island in these ancient fishing vessels.
Why We Fish Alaska
by Scott Haugen
A photo essay that reminds us why we fish in Alaska by contributing editor Scott Haugen.
The Nushagak is Still for Kings
by Stan Cunningham
Stan Cunningham visits the Nushagak and, among various guests at the camp of Nushagak River Adventures, catches a lot of kings!
