Life
Tight Lines: In search of the privileged moment
My timing may not have been the best. I’d arrived just as a bevy of tour operators, in…
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Life
Tight Lines: A variety of fish-related activities to carry us through the winter
Ice fishing may be at its peak right now, and there are always a handful of hardy fly…
Life
Tight Lines: Books a fisherman might like to find under the tree
With the holidays upon us and winter setting in, now might be the perfect time to look at…
Opinion
Tightlines: An ode to the coho
We all know the Chinook is the undisputed king and sockeye salmon fill our freezers, but I don’t…
Life
Tight Lines: Return to Upper Russian Lake
It had been at least ten years since my last visit to the U.S. Forest Service’s cabin on…
Life
Tight Lines: Early spring means fishing options abound
The early spring weather, likely a symptom of climate change, has me, on the one hand, worried. As…
Life
Tight Lines: A reassessment of ice fishing
Those who know me well know that hovering over a frozen hole has never really been my favorite…
Life
Tight Lines: In defense of catch-and-release
Les Palmer’s recent article, and scathing condemnation of catch-and-release fishing, certainly stirred a great deal of debate and…
Life
Tight Lines: River etiquette
My reasons for fishing vary. Sure, sometimes it’s utilitarian, to fill the freezer, but more often than not…
Life
Tight Lines: Autumn fishing: So many options, so little time
With our summer visitors long gone, and school well underway, the restlessness that accompanies the long days of…
News
Tight Lines: A quieter place to fish
For his patience a Canadian teacher standing in the Kenai River at the Funny River campground was rewarded…
Life
Tight Lines: Beating the crowds
At midday on Wednesday, the sockeye salmon were slow to show in a fishing hole on Keystone Drive…
Life
Tight Lines: Fish on! on the Kasilof
Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday as the last of the suns rays bounced off of the Kasilof River,…
Life
Tight Lines: Kings make an appearance, lakes heat up
Enough fish were caught during last weekend’s king opener on the southern Kenai Peninsula’s salmon streams to keep…
Life
Tight Lines: King opener draws mixed success on south peninsula streams
Like so many anglers before them, fishermen braved intermittent rain and chill for the opening weekend of king…
Life
Tight Lines: Anglers gear up for fishing season
Memorial Day weekend marks the traditional start of salmon season on the Kenai Peninsula, and while numerous conservation…
Life
Tight Lines: the beauty of the belly boat
I have to smile to myself as I watch a line of buddies negotiating the trail in front…
Life
Tight Lines: Access great backcountry angling via bicycle
It’s usually not difficult to distinguish the real bicyclist from the occasional fisherman spotted riding our local trails.…
News
Tight Lines: Ice fishing can be cool winter fun
The water dripping off the eaves has thickened into crystal stalactites, and outside my window snowflakes swirl before…
Life
Tight Lines: Looking for a new way to fool fish
Each year, as Kenai River guides Bo Ansel and Monte Roberts conducted a class at Kenai Peninsula College’s…