Category Archives: Alaska
Sarah Palin’s Alaska
A great look at family life in Alaska I’ve had a little Sarah Palin thing going on lately. I never was knocked off my feet by her looks although the more I look at her the more I’m impressed; but … Continue reading
The Alaska Chronicles by Miles Nolte
The real dirt on A guide’s life. I don’t really understand books anymore, especially in the fly fishing genre, which is a super limited market in the big scheme of things. I get it when an author writes a book … Continue reading
Troy Letherman fishless in Alaska
First Cast F+G ninjas, absinthe dreams, and our man Letherman stomping around southeast Alaska by Troy Letherman The milk-run from Anchorage, a rental car of marginal utility, the year’s first Rainier in cold packs behind the seat. Wrong turns down … Continue reading
Posted in Absinthe Lounge, Alaska, Northwest
Tagged Juneau, Steelhead, Troy Letherman
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Alaska Wrap-Up
Back from Alaska, reluctantly, I must admit. But back, nonetheless. I expect to take Tate and her sister, Myka, on more trips like the one we just enjoyed, but there’s no reason I can’t call this recent trip to Juneau, … Continue reading
Steelhead Dreams: Southeast Alaska Style
NOTE: It’s winter steelhead season and few things get dedicated anglers more pumped than to think of fresh fish—chromers—pushing into Northwest streams. This isn’t a game of big numbers but even a few fish can change your life. Print this. … Continue reading
Surviving Alaska’s Nushagak
What’s Up When You’re Last in Camp By the end of Alaska’s sport fishing season outfitters and guides are at the end of their respective ropes and any little striation might set them off. They can smell the end of … Continue reading
Steelhead on Alaska’s Anchor River
The strippers were pissed off. Apparently we hadn’t given them enough money. And now their pimp had a microphone in hand and was calling us out as cheapskates. What were we supposed to have done, we wondered? We placed ones … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest, Steelhead
Tagged Good Time Charlies, Kenai Peninsula, Soldotna
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Alaska Kings on The Kenektok
The Price for Fresh Although most anglers consider the capture of any anadromous fish to be a small miracle, there’s no doubt that a fresh fish, just in from the ocean, is better than a dark fish any day. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest, Spey
Tagged Alaska West, Deneki Outdoors, Kanektok River, King Salmon
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