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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 map. Lake Iliamna is located at the north end of the Alaska Peninsula in the heart of Bristol Bay, just […]

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 p

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

The Little Big Things: Up Your Trout Game

Story & Photos by Jeremy Anderson The sun is about to come up and we just stopped at Cook’s Corner gas station in Sterling, Alaska, for one of their famous breakfast sandwiches. We can’

192 Years of Trout Secrets

Tips and observations from some of the top guides and anglers on the Kenai River Mike Brown, Fly Shop Owner Mossy’s Fly Shop Email: mbrown@mossysflyshop.com Number of years on the Kenai: 25 years

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 the area, hunting and fishing there for centuries, before, in the late 1890s, a trading station was built along the riverfront to supply trappers and […]

Rainbow Trout Fishing Videos

Check out these videos for information on fishing for rainbows in Alaska.

Moraine Creek Strategies

Moraine Creek Strategies By Larry Tullis Wading chest deep across the swift, clear current spooked numerous big rainbows, but I didn’t dare backup. The big brown bear was now just a couple rod-lengt

Chasing Kvichak Rainbows

It’s an angler’s river, too, with a uniform gravel bottom that’s easy to wade, very few snags, and an even-tempered flow. It runs gin clear in the upper stretches, making sight-fishing possible, and is full of the strong, energetic Kvichak rainbow trout—fish of legend, reared on the surplus of nutrition found in ocean-like Iliamna. Kvichak […]

Valhalla Lodge, I am Coming!

Now I’m sure of just two things. I’m on a boat bound for Valhalla Lodge, and there are no angelic ambitions—the trout grabbed the bead, the hook stuck. This is the reason I’m here. We come

‘Bows on the Shoulder: Summer Trout at Rainbow River Lodge

Rainbow River Lodge Blog Post by Troy Letherman I’m the first to tie on a dry fly. We’re gliding across a stillwater slough connecting Fog Lake to the middle Copper River, flushing the occasional

7 for September

Alaska Fall Fishing Trips Fish Alaska magazine Editor Troy Letherman describes seven world-class trips to take this September. As autumn matures, days get shorter and termination dust settles atop most Alaska mountains, another change occurs as well, this one beneath the surface of the state’s many productive trout streams. On the banks and in the […]

Rainbows At Denali

I know what you are thinking— that there are no rainbows in Denali because it’s just too cold for them to survive there. Well, that’s what I thought too, until I encountered the rainbow king

What’s Happening in July for Rainbow Trout on the Kenai?

Fishing for Kenai rainbow trout in July can require patience while at the same time be very exhilarating…and the payoffs can be HUGE. The salmon spawn is not really happening yet, the water levels a

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