Anglers Journal

The Wild Ones

t was my second day in the Alaskan bush. Light rain accompanied us downriver as the salmon made their way upstream. We pulled our raft into a swirling eddy at a confluence with a big tributary. I hopped out of the boat and waded up to my knees. I began my cast,

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