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
Guys, I spent the last week in June through the first week in July vacationing in Alaska, and snuck in some fly-fishing time. On the Kenai peninsula, our fishing guide took us down the upper Kenai river down to the Russian river on a float boat. We caught Dolly Varden … Read More