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NEWS

December, 2009

Fly Fishing Film Tour comes back to Austin, TX on April 27, 2010! If you missed the Film Tour in 2009, it was a huge, sold-out success. Mark your calendar and get your tix early this time! Stay tuned for more information.

November, 2009

REEL WOMEN PRESENTS SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY “EATING ALASKA” AND WORKSHOP on Sunday, December 6.

The workshop will be held from 1:00-3:00pm, and the screening starts at 3:30pm. The events will be held at THE INDEPENDENT, a screening facility located at 501 Brushy (at East 5th Street, just east of IH-35). Q&A with the filmmakers will follow screening. Snacks will be provided WHOLE FOODS MARKET, and The Independent offers a cash bar.

Directed by ELLEN FRANKENSTEIN, “Eating Alaska” is an exploration of what happens when a vegetarian encounters the “last frontier” and subsequently falls in love with a hunter/fisherman … and the land. It is a serious and humorous film about connecting to where you live and eating locally; about trying to break away from the industrial food system when that means not only buying fresh seasonal food from local farmers, but also taking part in a world of hunting and gathering. Made by a former city dweller now living in a small town in Alaska and married to a fisherman and deer hunter, it is a journey into regional food traditions, our connection to the wilderness, and to what we put into our mouths

For more information visit www.reelwomen.org.

October, 2009

Fly Fishing Film Tour comes to Dallas, TX on November 11. Check it out and buy tickets here.

October, 2009

Thanks to all our guests for making it another great season! And thanks again to the staff for all the help, hard-work and long hours.

We're currently uploading photos from the 2009 season for both the Safari and Outpost galleries. Everyone continues to ask for more pictures, so we've added LOTS more from this season. Check 'em out! (If you haven't sent us your 2009 photos yet, please do so we can share them with everyone else)

Help stop Pebble Creek Mine in Alaska!

I wouldn't call us staunch tree huggers but this proposed open pit mine is an absolutely frightening prospect in the heart of some of the world's most productive and pristine fishing, hunting and wildlife habitat. Check out the following websites for more information:

- Sportsman's Alliance for Alaska
- Renewable Resouces Coalition
- Trout Unlimited

PRESS

Aug 2009 issue of Field & Stream. "Five-Star Salmon Lodges" by Jay Cassell names Alaska Wilderness Safari one of "six places that really stand out, even by Alaska standards."

Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Northwest Fly Fishing has a Tosh Brown photo essay on the Safari camp. Click here for a downloadable PDF.

Summer 2007 issue of Wild on The Fly has a full feature article by Ellie Childs with photography by Tim Romano on the Safari camp. Click here for a downloadable PDF (it's a large file).

June 2007 issue of Sporting Classics has a full feature article by Tosh Brown on the Safari camp. Click here for a downloadable PDF.

April/May 2007 issue of Saltwater Fly Fishing has a Tosh Brown photo essay on the Safari camp. Click here for a downloadable PDF.

January 2007. A short guest review from the 2006 season at our Safari camp by McLellan's Fly Shop. Click here for a link to the review.

September/October 2006 issue of Fly Fishing in Salt Waters has a short Tosh Brown piece on the Safari camp. Click here for a downloadable PDF.

2004. The Safari camp featured as 1 of 2 Alaska destinations in Chris Santella's Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die.