ALASKAN ABUNDANCE
Early on a cool September morning, guide Tyler Gottfredson launches his wooden, wide-body drift boat at the Kenai River State Park boat ramp just below Kenai Lake and the Milepost 48 Sterling Highway bridge. Two other anglers and I don chest waders, ready our gear and step into the lengthy boat for the 14-mile float down the famed Kenai’s Middle Section past Juneau and Cooper Creeks and the Russian River.
Using fly rods, we gently cast salmon-egg imitations with trailing stinger hooks off each side of the boat during our drift downstream. I have an immediate hookup and
