Description
January 2008 | 2008 Travel Issue
DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Creel
Alaska Traveler
Fishing for a Compliment
Haugen’s Tackle Tech
Before Leaving Home
Fish Recipe: Kenai River Hideaway’s Smoked Salmon and Artichoke Dip
Advertiser Index
Final Drift
Features
Fish Alaska Safety: Aviation Safety
by Melissa Norris
Publisher Melissa Norris takes a dunking to pass the Aviation Crash Land and Water Survival safety course in Anchorage. Here’s why anyone who flies a plane, or flies in a plane should do it too.
Fish Alaska All-Tackle: Boy Scout Shore Lunch
by Dave Kilhefner
Want a delicious, simple way to fix your fish? Dave Kilhefner wouldn’t have it any other way.
One-Hole Kings
by Scott Haugen
Scott Haugen points out the benefits of fishing specific locations.
Jigging 101
by René Limeres
Here’s one type of lure that will always work. You just have to know how to choose which one. René Limeres gives you some guidelines.
Fish Alaska Travel: The Four Stages
by Andy Bullick
With experience comes discretion. Here guide Andy Bullick shows you why Alaska is the best place to learn.
Bear Trail Lodge
by Marcus Weiner
Publisher Marcus Weiner visits a beautiful Naknek lodge that is famous for its friendly atmosphere and spectacular fishing.
Trophy ‘Bows & Sheefish
by James Fraioli
Alaska Rainbow Lodge is the destination of choice for James Fraioli. And the fishing proves it to be a generous choice.
Fishing in Bear Country
by E. Donnall Thomas Jr.
Don Thomas has fished almost everywhere in Alaska. He’s encountered hundreds of bears. Here’s how he’s lived to tell about it.