Description
July 2016 | Summer Salmon on the Chilkat
Departments
Alaska Traveler 6
Editor’s Creel 8
Gear Bag 10
Fish Alaska Online 14
Fishing for a Compliment 16
Fish Alaska Families 20
Salmon Sense 22
EZ Limits: A Guide’s Angle 24
Fish Alaska Fly 26
Fish Alaska Boats 28
Fish Alaska Saltwater 36
Fish Alaska Stillwater 40
Fish Alaska Recipe 94
Advertiser Index 97
Final Drift 98
Features
Mousing Madness for Grayling
by Mike Lunde 42
Although Griffith Gnats, Elk-hair Caddis, Stimulatorsor other traditional fly patterns catch countless grayling, a mouse imitation skated across the surface can incite several acts of fish violence. Here Mike Lunde takes us through the patterns, rigging, technique and presentation necessary to take sailfins with mice in Alaska.
Egg Curing Through the Decades
by George Krumm 52
Back in the mid-1970s there were no cures on the market and salmon-fishing newcomers had to figure it out the hard way. But as Contributing Editor George Krumm explains here, as far as egg cures are concerned, we’ve never had it better, or easier, than we do now.
Photogenic Rainbow Trout
by Nick Ohlrich 60
For catch-and-release anglers, having the right equipment and a rehearsed plan for your on-the-water photography session is essential, and it will help preserve the resource for future generations.
River Kings: No Bait, No Problem!
by JD Richey 68
Of course roe is a pretty tough offering to beat, but when and where bait is banned, you can still do very well on kings with a variety of artificials. Here JD Richey looks at several effective techniques to use when bait is off limits, including bobber-doggin’, casting plugs, drift fishing and swinging spinners.
A Day in the Life of a Charter Captain
by Tom Watson 76
Hours before you’ve arrived for your fishing charter, and for hours more after you’ve retired to your cabin, a fancy five-star Alaska restaurant or whatever else after the fishing day has ended,
your captain and crew are busy with the tasks required to put you and everyone else on the fish. Here’s a primer on what it takes to skipper in the Last Frontier.
Summer Salmon on the Chilkat
by Terry W. Sheely 84
Contributing Editor Terry Sheely goes adventuring on the east side of the Chilkat Peninsula and discovers an angler’s dream, throwing lines into wild, pure, remote and lonesome water just minutes by floatplane from the capital city of Juneau.
COVER / Soldotna resident Kristin Dunn with a chrome coho. © Tony Davis, Kodiak Custom Fishing Tackle.
