Alaska

In August 2025, four FATC brothers—Matt McClure, Jim Craig, Sterling Short, and I, Brian Ellis—embarked on a long journey to the Last Frontier: Alaska, in pursuit of the legendary silver salmon.  The seeds of this adventure were planted in February 2024, over lunch with Matt McClure after a casting session. … Read More

Southwest Alaska-Tikchik Narrows Lodge. I’ve always wanted to visit Alaska and do some fishing, it was sort of a bucket list trip. After looking at several lodge options I decided to go with the Tikchik Narrows Lodge in southwest Alaska. It is a complete fly in – flyout lodge. There … Read More