With the exception of steelhead and rainbow trout, no other fresh water game fish in Alaska attracts more fly fisher attention than do silver salmon. Silvers, or cohos, offer the fly rodder the complete package. They are large - silvers run 10 to 20 pounds with 12-pound fish more the average.
Most anglers don't wake up for a day of fishing and worry about their wardrobe. Although, recent studies show that what a fisherman wears in rivers and streams could affect the waters for years.
As they like to say in the beer ads, it doesn't get much better than this. Catching brown trout on No. 16 dry flies in the morning and salmon on Rapalas in the evening is something you can do in few places outside Michigan.
Yes, fellow Alaskans, our summer is wrapping up and slowly fading into the ever increasing darkness of winter days to come. Did you get a chance to explore the richness of our great state's natural beauty?