Description
October 2003 | Annual Gear Awards Issue
DEPARTMENTS
Publishers’ Note 5
Editor’s Creel 6
New and Improved?
Book Review 10
Zipping My Fly
Fishing For A Compliment 12
Fish Alaska Services Guide 72
Featured Fish Recipe 74
Halibut Enchiladas
Advertiser Index 75
The Final Drift 82
Fishing with the Boss
Features
Beyond Grip & Grin
by Peter Lekisch
Photographer Peter Lekisch wants you to document your entire fishing trip, not just the fish . . . and we agree.
Fly Tying Tool Basics
by Rich Johnson
Part one of two. Fly tying expert, Rich Johnson guides you through a selection of equipment for the winter season of tying. Next issue—Tying Basics.
Well, Hello, Dolly
By Dave Kilhefner
Courting the vixen of the Emerald Isle. Fickle at first, these plentiful roadside beauties came around after a little experimentation, a micro-egg, and the way it was retrieved.
AKcess Alaska
By G. I. Wilson
Don’t let disabilities keep you from enjoying what Alaska has to offer.
Big Fly, Big Fish
By Joe J. Warren
Alaska Sheefish take a big bite.
Profile: Izaak Walton
By Jim Repine
The dean of fishing literature.
BONUS SECTION
Editors’ Choice Awards
Fish Alaska magazine editors have been testing new gear all year to bring you their Best of the Best and Best Values for 2003. Here are the winners and a goodly assortment of items that will make your fishing in Alaska more productive, safe and enjoyable.
COVER/ Fish Alaska editor Troy Letherman testing some of this year’s best gear. © Troy Letherman
