MARCH 27, 2019 ** Some of the information in this article regarding specific numbers may be dated, but the insight and information is very helpful ** Changing regulations, inconsistent seasons and fluctuating fisheries have become…
APRIL 23, 2019 Ahhh…. Summer time. The days are hot, the nights are warm and the rivers get low. Light beer, barbecues and kids floating down the rivers on anything inflatable becomes the norm. Big…
AUGUST 15, 2022 Coho are easily accessed from the banks of big rivers, small streams, even some lakes, throughout much of their range in Alaska, as they routinely migrate close to shore. They can be…
Standing on the bank, I cast my plug beyond the shallow, gravel flats in front of me. A deliberate, slow retrieve wasn’t slow enough, as the plug dredged the bottom. On the following cast I retrieved…
Photo Above: Bill Monroe Jr. nets a salmon for Jake Gregg. Most fishing guides would agree that the best time to have your line in the water, especially in the Astoria-Megler Bridge area, is during…
YOU MAY BE DRAWN TO THE SALMON JUMPING IN THE DEEPER POOLS, BUT THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK FOR BITING FISH IS LIKELY IN THE RIFFLES AND CHOP. Photo above: Chinook caught while twitching a…
Photo above: My first chromer on this spey rods first day out on any river. What a grab… While we had already driven several long hours from the Bay Area to our favorite fly water,…
Photo: Dave Vedder hooked up with a coho on the Situk River in Yakutat, Alaska. Author Patrick McManus wrote a short story titled, “The Theory and Application of Old Men.” He explains that every…
Photo above: Zach Dollar and his son, Pierce, with one of Pierce’s sockeyes. Last year’s Columbia River run of sockeye was a good one, with more than 341,000 crossing over Bonneville Dam— nearly 100,000 more…
You won’t always get agreement from every fisherman, but the consensus opinion is that rainbow trout are the best fighting trout species. Why is that? After almost seven decades of fishing for trout in 36 of…
Bushplanes, the taxi of remote Alaska, are how you get in and out of camp and access many of the other fisheries and brown bear viewing locales in this part of Alaska. I sat on…
The moments leading up to the landing can have emotions running high if the chemistry between angler and netman aren’t in snyc. Guide Ryan Beck nets a fish for the author. Being a good netman…