![]() It was a short goodbye as each of the pilots mounted their single engine airplanes, got the props spinning again, and maneuvered into a position for a short taxi and take off. The 45 minute chartered flight took us over some breathtaking landscape before the two seasoned bush pilots from Golden Eagle Outfitters safely landed us on a gravel bank alongside the river, and after helping unpack our gear they provided suggestions on where to place camp for the first night. ![]() Landscape of the Northwestern Arctic in Alaska Our final destination would be just south of a section known as “The Forks”. My long time quest with two fishing buddies was actually happening, soaring high above Alaska’s tundra, about 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle. I had dreamed of making a self-guided trip to the Wulik River for more than a decade, sport fishing for large sea-run dolly varden which seasonally migrate from the untamed Chukchi Sea into the braided fresh water to spawn. The flight out of Kotzebue aboard two small bush planes packed with our self-bailing raft, fishing gear, and provisions seemed surreal. Fulfilling a Dream: Wiluk River Dolly Varden
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