DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Creel 6
Alaska Traveler 12
Advertiser Index 74
Final Drift 82

Fish Alaska
Special Section
Editors’ Choice Awards 14
66 pieces of great gear that passed
rigorous field-testing in Alaska by
our editors and guides. This gear
was the Best of the Best for 2005.
 

Team Trouble 32
Publisher Melissa Norris takes part in the first Women’s Division of the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Exceeding all expectations, Alaskan women REALLY love to fish! by Melissa Norris

Rafting Alaska 101 40
Preparation is half the trip—at least the half that will keep you reasonably safe. Choosing gear, and where you will go and when are all covered in this primer on rafting the sometimes wild waters of Alaska.by laura metcalfe

Best of the NEW 2006 50
Here our editors choose 46 of the hottest, new, gotta-have fishing gear that will debut this spring.

Team Detail 62
Associate publisher Kathy Anderson discovers why Sportsman’s Cove Lodge clients keep coming back year after year.

 

COVER / Editor Troy Letherman takes some gear out for a fly. © Matt Hage