The Catch Magazine issue is live. Check out the 2nd essay from Tikchik Narrows Lodge pilot Steve Larsen on Bristol Bay. Steve has been a pilot in Southwest Alaska for over 30 years, and his cameras have always come along with him. Check out this wonderful essay by subscribing to Catch Mag at catchmagazine.net. 

Tikchik Narrows Lodge pilot Steve Larsen's photography is featured in the newest Catch Magazine - issue 29. Incredible images of Bristol Bay! Distinctly Alaska. Subscribe today! 

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From the Magazine: 

Steve Larsen grew up in Seattle and departed for Alaska in the early 80's to pursue a seaplane flying career on Kodiak Island. After flying for 12 years on Kodiak he started looking at the lodge flying business. A perfect fit for Steve awaited at Tikchik Narrows Lodge - a new adventure and more time for photography.

Steve has accumulated over 19,000 hours and 30 years of flying in SW Alaska, The Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay. This will be his 20th season at Tikchik Narrows Lodge. 95% of his flying is in a Dehaviland Beaver - a great platform for aerial photography.

 

To Americans, and even to westerners, the enormity of "wild" Alaska is truly unfathomable. It is like talking about Bill Gates' money or the distance between the closest star and planet Earth; the vastness transcends our human understanding. I have spent 5 summers in Alaska – flying, guiding, filming, fishing, loving, and living. And every year, when I return to the Great Land, my jaw drops, and my fish bum brain short-circuits, preventing any worldly comprehension. Amidst it all, the subtlest miracles are occurring. Millions of salmon are running to their spawning grounds, balls of smolt are fleeing to the sea, and a pure and intact ecosystem comes to life right in front of our eyes with the dawn of summer. The mystery overcomes me, a rush surges through my spine, and the only things tangible are the goose bumps. That is the infinity moment that we all seek as human beings – a truly scarce resource in this day in age.

Speak up to the EPA sportsmen and women. We need your comments before the May 31st deadline. Bristol Bay's salmon economy and culture are too valuable to risk large scale mining in the area. It takes 1-minute to send a comment.  This may be our last chance to save the best we have left.  CLICK HERE

This guy is serious about photography! An incredible photo essay on underwater salmon from Hatch Magazine. 

This is a must read by Ryan Peterson on the DrakeMag.com. There is a real war being waged on salmon - let's do something. Voice your opinions with the state of Alaska. 

There isn't much Alaska in this issue, but the images will inspire you! Behold Catch Magazine - The World's Best Fly Fishing Photography. Click Here 

 

This is an incredible Bristol Bay rainbow piece by Fly Out ambassador Bob White. Check out images for this painting progression in the following gallery. 

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See the whole play-by-play painting progression at Bob's Website. Or, Buy a Print. 

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Derek DeYoung portrays a few of Alaska's most iconic fish in a piece he titles "Fab Four - Alaskan September". DeYoung writes, "This painting captures the four fish we caught, both on purpose and accidentally... in the Kenai River, AK. last September. It was some of the most amazing fishing I've ever had, and although I held my own, my Dad managed to outfish me almost everyday.. I guess that is as it should be." You can find more of DeYoung's art at http://derekdeyoung.com/store/available-originals.