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Fish The Nush: Chinook Fishing at Nushagak River Adventures

Adventures on the Nushagak “I love the smell of king salmon slime in the morning,” I proclaim to nobody in particular as we begin to fish. It was day two this past June on the Nushagak River and I was ready to agree with Pete von Jess that indeed, what they have here is a […]

Iliamna Excursion at Talarik Creek Lodge

Day-tripping Lake Clark, the Newhalen River, and the Tazimina River When I learned I’d be visiting Talarik Creek Lodge in early August, I realized I would be pushing a new pin in my Alaska travel ma

Anchorage, Alaska: An Urban Oasis in a Wilderness Setting

ANCHORAGE is a sprawling city set in a wilderness setting. It sports the trappings of the modern world; all the products, services and providers one would find in any metropolis around the country ca

Anchorage Lakes

Fishing in Anchorage Lakes by Dustin Slinker Open Water Fishing in Anchorage Lakes (April-October) Many of the lakes in the Anchorage bowl are easily accessed, with ample shoreline to fish along and public docks to fish from. The lakes receive plenty of local fishing pressure, but even with that pressure there are still plenty of […]

Steelhead Fishing Bloopers

Steelhead Fishing Bloopers: Adventures of Mac Lightfoot Blog Series by Mac Lightfoot For Mac, steelhead fishing is the pinnacle of cold-water sportfishing. He’s already spent time at Rainbow Trout A

Alaska Fishing Guides

2018 Holiday Gift Guide Pt. 2

Gifts for Anglers in 2018 As the holidays are fast approaching, it’s time to make those final decisions on what gifts for anglers to give the important people in your life. We offered some suggestions in the last issue, and we’ll bet that some of those super-efficient, ultra-organized people out there have already made lists […]

Destination Talkeetna

by Troy Letherman Meaning “river of plenty” in the Dena’ina language, the area near the present site of Talkeetna offered an abundant harvest for the Athabasca Indians who originally inhabited t

Seward, Alaska: Prince of Ports

SEWARD, ALASKA: Prince of Ports Alaska is filled with beautiful places. Most of those beautiful places offer exceptional fishing of one sort or another. But there are few places in Alaska that compare

Roads ‘n Rods in Juneau

By Terry W. Sheely Eight hundred and eighteen years ago, the poet politician and English lit major Geoffrey Chaucer almost declared that, “All roads in Juneau lead to fishing.” Almost. A little critical verbiage seems to have been lost in the Latin-to-Alaskan translation of, mille vie ducunt hominem per secula Romam, “a thousand roads lead […]

Techniques for the Perfect Drift

Story & Photos by Nick Ohlrich “I think your drift is a touch fast. Try having your rod tip follow the indicator,” I said to my clients, who were making first casts in the glacial-green Kenai

Midsummer Rainbows

Story & Photos by Jeremy Anderson Midsummer rainbow trout fishing offers more options than any other time of year, providing variety in your fishing as well as the kind of angling challenges that

The Dead-Drift vs. the Swing for Fall Rainbows

Story & Photos by Jeremy Anderson Rainbow trout fishing in the fall is probably one of the most exhilarating fishing experiences that one can enjoy when wetting a line, especially on the Kenai River. One day you are throwing a bead the fish can’t resist and then the flesh bite starts to take over. Another day you […]

Chasing Chrome

Early-season Rainbows on the Middle Kenai By Nick Ohlrich For trout enthusiasts in Alaska, June 11 is a very important date. For some of us, it may even rival December 25. June 11 is the date the Ken

CFS and How it Affects Fish

First of all, what is CFS? CFS refers to cubic feet per second, and it is used to measure river flow. That being said, we can already start thinking back to times when we fished high water, low water,

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