The Kodiak Project Trailer

I know we’ve been posting a lot of fly fishing videos recently, but you have to admit they’re some of the most impressive, beautiful and heart pounding videos you’ve ever seen. Well, this next video is going make your heart explode.

Three fly fishermen (Conway Bowman, Kirk Deeter and Chris Santella) head up to Kodiak Island, Alaska to fish a legendary river that’s a bit like a unicorn – everyone has heard about it, but no one seems to have seen it, been there or fished its shallow waters. Along with local guide, Trent Deeter, the crew embarks on one of the most epic and prolific steelhead fishing trips of their lives.

via Fly Fishing Film Tour

Pure Alaska Salmon Review

I published this full-length review of Pure Alaska Salmon’s wild-caught canned Alaskan Salmon yesterday, but I’ve been so busy I forgot to post it to the main page. So here it is, I hope you’re hungry!

It’s been a while since we had a post as mouth-watering as this one, that’s normally Adam Guy’s arena these days. But despite the fact that I’m a good cook and a fisherman it’s not all that often that I’m eating fish at home. In fact, the last time I had a diet where I was eating fish consistently was in La Paz, where we ate Dorado, Snapper, and even Marlin and Tuna. Even then I left most of the cooking to friend and chef Micheal Leary. Still, I think I came up with a few really nice dishes made with Pure Alaska Salmon’s wild-caught canned salmon, like these fish cakes.

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A Backyard in Nowhere Pike Flyfishing

A lot of fishermen head to Alaska in search of some of the biggest trout and salmon in the world, but these guys have taken a completely different approach – chasing monster pike on the fly!

Check out page 50 in the latest issue of This Is Fly to learn more about this epic fishing film!

Visit FlyFishingWestern.com for more info!

Zach King – Ninja Noodler

Check out this extreme Alaskan fishing video, recommended to us by Zach King himself, where he shows us how to catch pink salmon without a fishing rod.

Catch Magazine Issue 19

Another beautiful issue of Catch Magazine is fresh of the virtual press, check it out!

The King of Kenai

This summer, my son and I traveled from our home in Alpine, Utah to fish some of the wildest rivers and lakes in Alaska. We spent our time hiking remote mountain trails in search of monster fish. During our treks, we found some absolutely beautiful places to fish, but none of them yielded any big ones. We caught some pretty little rainbows and dolly vardens, but we still hadn’t found any trophies.

On the last day of our trip, we decided to spend the morning on the Kenai River. Although it had been raining throughout our trip, the sun was shining brightly as we made our way to the dock. It was an absolutely beautiful morning and we had a great feeling about things as we headed out. We rigged up with Kwikfish, which are excellent when backtrolled on big rivers like the Kenai. We had only been fishing for about five minutes when this monster king salmon hit! He nearly ripped the rod from my hands with his fierce strike. I set the hook and the battle was on. After about ten minutes, I got him close to the boat. He made two or three short runs before we finally got him in the boat. At 51 pounds, he’s the biggest salmon of my life!

- Orrin Olsen

Orrin, thank you very much for you entry into our 2010 Contributor Contest and boy what a big salmon! You have taken SECOND PLACE in our contest and will receive a signed copy of Dave Mercer’s new book, as well as a copy of Fins & Skins magazine!