Category Archives: Alaska
Ambler Haul Road Threatens Alaska’s Brooks Range
This certainly isn’t the best news on Alaska. Seems like we push back one threat and here come five more. I have not fished or hiked through the Brooks Range, but I know it is one of the wildest places … Continue reading
Alaska Kings On The Six Weight
Ran across this photo yesterday and snapped a shot of it with the phone. It definitely takes me back in the day. I took this photo when a friend and I were working in Southeast Alaska and fishing as often … Continue reading
Dries For Big Rainbows and Char on American Creek
I live in Montana where trout are king. When I travel to Alaska I usually do so for salmon and steelhead, which I can’t find in Big Sky Country. Oh, I’ve leeched up some big fall rainbows on the Kenai … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Spey, Travel
Tagged Alaska smolt, Grosvenor Lodge, Kulik Lodge, Travel Alaska
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Final Determination: Pebble Mine Ruled Out
This is the day we have been waiting for, for more than a decade. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that mine waste would harm the Bristol Bay watershed and effectively nixed its discharge into rivers, streams and wetlands of … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest
Tagged Alaska, Bristol Adventures, Bristol Bay, Grosvenor Lodge
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Southeast Alaska Steelhead . . . Thanks Alaska Style
Back in April I flew from Missoula to Petersburg, Alaska—my old stomping grounds and the place I was born—and climbed aboard the mothership, the Hawkeye II. The idea was to cruise a portion of the Inside Passage with Thanks Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest, Spey
Tagged Hawkeye II, southeast Alaska, Thanks Alaska
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Army Corps Denies Permit for Pebble Mine. Alaska’s Bristol Bay May Be Saved
It’s not over, but the edge in Alaska’s Pebble Mine controversy has definitely swung toward the side of common sense. Today, the Trump administration shifted its stance on Pebble Mine and delayed a key permit that’s essential to the mine’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Conservation, Northwest, Uncategorized
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You Have To Do This! Last Chance to Save Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine.
I’d rather fish than defend fisheries, although the two go hand-in-hand and you can’t have one without the other. That becomes more evident each day. One of the greatest issues in fishing is the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. This … Continue reading
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North America’s Most Interesting Hatches
I take a lot of pride in putting together what I hope all you would consider to be a great magazine. If you haven’t looked at American Angler in the past year or two, take a glance. I’ve changed it … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, CANADA, Culture, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Travel, Uncategorized, Wyoming
Tagged Fly Fishing Hatches
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Guys Night Out for the Smoke ‘n Can
If I were living in Anchorage, there’s no damn way anyone would be keeping me at home on Wednesday night. That’s because a bunch of mostly like-minded fishheads, who also like to eat some of their catch, are meeting at … Continue reading
Killer Video: Alaska’s Angler’s Alibi Lodge
I was doing a little research today and came across this great video from Angler’s Alibi Lodge in Alaska. My question is this: how can a dedicated angler watch this video and not want to pick up the phone and … Continue reading