Popper fishing for coho salmon in Alaska is perhaps the fastest growing, most popular way to pursue these fish. Alaska’s Egegik River is one of the best we’ve seen when it comes to popper fishing for silver salmon. For over a decade, outdoor writer and TV host, Scott Haugen, has been coming to our remote fish camp, Becharof Lodge, on the Egegik River. One of his favorite ways to fish for silver salmon in Alaska is with a fly rod and surface popper. Here’s a story he wrote about popper fishing for coho salmon with Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River. Enjoy, and come join us one of these years, as once you experience the rush of fishing for silver salmon with surface poppers, you’ll want to come back again and again.
