Description
June 2002 | Inside Sockeye Angling
DEPARTMENTS
Publishers’ Note 5
Editor’s Creel 6
Reader’s Lines 10
Alaska Fishing News 10
Fishing for a Compliment 16
Book Review 20
Pro Pointer 22
It’s all in the net.
Gear Review 24
Breathable waders.
Inside Alaska Angling 70
Q&A with Sonny Petersen
Featured Fish Recipe78
Bear Tooth Grill’s Rockfish Veracruz
The Final Drift 82
Features
A Patch in TimeÂ
by Tracey Harmon
A FA How-To that could save your trip, if not your life.
Tying the Sockeye CharlieÂ
by Rich Johnson
Go sparse and catch more reds.
Sockeye on a Fly?Â
by Curt Trout
You bet! Reds don’t have to be “force fed.” They will take a fly. Try this exclusive FA How-To.
Sockeye SecretsÂ
by René Limeres
The mysteries of fishing Alaska’s feistiest salmon.
Red RendezvousÂ
by Lance Irving & Charlie Summerville
Alagnak. The river is home water to 600,000 reds. Experience a free-for-all of exhilarating sport.
The Red NetÂ
Photo Essay by Dave Vedder
The excitement of dipping reds is shared by young & old.
Swan Lake SojournÂ
by Dave Atcheson
Take a break from the hectic pace of salmon runs and relax with a trout of a canoe trip.
SPECIAL SECTION
Fish Kodiak AlaskaÂ
by John Beath
The “Emerald Isle” of Alaska is a treasure trove of fishing.