Description
June 2003 | Sockeye Secrets
DEPARTMENTS
Publishers’ Note 6
Editor’s Creel 8
The Guiding Light
Fishing News 10
Angling for AWAIC
Fishing For A Compliment 12
Gear Review 14
Sinking Flylines
Pro Pointer 26
Mellow your Anchor
Fish Alaska Services Guide 74
Advertiser Index 76
Featured Fish Recipe 78
Simon & Seafort’s Halibut Tropicale
The Final Drift 82
Jake and the Bears
Features
The Mini-Crystal Shrimp
by Rich Johnson
This “red catcher” will attract even the most jaded sockeye.
The Secret Cure
by Scott Haugen
Explore the rewards of curing salmon roe with expert Scott Haugen.
Sockeye on the Fly
by Jim Teeny
Jim Teeny reveals the low-down on flyfishing for those persnickety reds.
Solstice Reds
by Jerry Wylie
Expert advice—where, when and how to fish Alaska’s famous sockeye salmon.
Summer Salmon
By Matt Hage & Megan Baldino
Join the subsistence camps on the Yukon River in their search for sustenance.
Fish Brooks River
By Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf
Famous bears and famous fishing provide extraordinary experiences for fly fishers.
BONUS SECTION
Mel Krieger Profile
By Jim Repine
A flyfishing legend revealed.
Cover photo credit is Jim Teeny