I guided at The Ridge Lodge this summer. With years of guiding under my belt, it stood out as one of the best Alaskan lodges I've experienced. Managing partner and guide, John Coffman, heading up 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 third installment of a ten-part series ...

I get a day off today to write. That's good because my body needs it. Yesterday's raft trip did a number on me. I'm hearing tomorrow we might go up the Kamishak River to fish for silver salmon. They ...

When it comes to fly fishing, no one has a better river than Michigan. That’s according to USA Today readers, who were asked to identify the best rivers in the U.S. for fly fishing. The list, released ...

This is Part 2 on The Ridge Lodge, and fly fishing in Alaska. Part 1 can be found here. In Alaska, catching fish isn’t hard — most guides can find you fish. But not all guides are fun to spend a week ...