I spent 20 years guiding in Alaska. Either you get comfortable fishing around the Alaskan brown bear or you quit. The learning curve is steep, and the only way through it is trial and error—you just ...

Standing on the platform at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, I wanted to warn the salmon and tell them, “Look before you leap!” I lost count of how many fish ended up in the mouth of the ...

After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 6th installment of a ten-part series ...

I'm tired, my brain is tired. Going full speed every day, senses on high, and navigating myself and guests safely around the interior of Alaska is a young man's game. I can do it for a week, maybe a ...

A black bear feeding on a salmon at Neet’s Bay north of Ketchikan. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst NEET'S BAY, Alaska -- Most people come to Alaska to see three things: glaciers, whales and bears. Of ...