The Perfect Alaska Fishing Trip
What constitutes the perfect Alaska fishing trip? That’s a slippery question. By Ken Marsh Blackflies buzzed my face and prowled my sleeves and … Continue reading The Perfect Alaska Fishing Trip
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Southcentral Alaska’s Alpine Angling Options
And of course, waiting at the far end of the trail are those mountain lakes, deep and cold, holding hungry trout, grayling and char eager to strike flies, spinners or spoons. Continue reading Southcentral Alaska’s Alpine Angling Options
Rainbow Days
We caught and released at least 50 trout that late summer day, all big, powerful, vibrantly colored fish that leaped … Continue reading Rainbow Days
Common Denominators: Fishing for Char in Alaska
No matter where in Alaska an angler travels, chances are that a hard-fighting fish with pink-spotted flanks and bellies the … Continue reading Common Denominators: Fishing for Char in Alaska
The Fishing News
From a Southcentral Alaska angler’s perspective, no season matches the power, vibrancy and beauty of fall. By Ken Marsh The … Continue reading The Fishing News
Browns of the Sacred Cow’
By Ken Marsh “One may love a river as soon as one sets eyes upon it; it may have certain … Continue reading Browns of the Sacred Cow’
Precious Speckled Trout
When I look at a cutthroat trout, I am reminded of a shy child, freckled, cast out of the mainstream … Continue reading Precious Speckled Trout
Rainbow Connections
Even today every rainbow trout I catch, large or small, is measured against a time when I was very young and the world was new and everything that happened came as a surprise. Continue reading Rainbow Connections
River of Quiet Renown
Roads are few in Alaska’s remote Copper Basin, but the Gulkana River makes passage as simple – and wonderfully adventurous … Continue reading River of Quiet Renown
The Art of Grayling IV
The conclusion. By Ken Marsh Perhaps the best news about grayling is that anglers needn’t be longtime Alaskans to find, … Continue reading The Art of Grayling IV
WILD COUNTRY with Ken Marsh 