The Mighty Nushagak… A Land of Kings

Written by Charles K. West

“In March 2007, I received an email from a quiet gentleman that I had met at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA. Though I came across many of vendors and exhibitors at the show, Eli Huffman stood out the most. With reading glasses perched on the tip of his nose, he quietly kept to himself with eyes focused on a book as the voices of thousands of attendees echoed around him. After a brief introduction and conversation about Black Outdoorsman Magazine, Eli took a quick glance at our promo card, gave my family and me a burly grin and quickly resumed to his book. Months later I would be on the first leg of my flight heading to Jake’s Nushagak Salmon Camp on the known Nushagak River on a quest to fish the well sought king, coho, and sockeye salmon. Even after doing a bit of research on the location, I was in for a big surprise. I would soon discover that Eli would be as much of a quiet treasure as his fishing camp.” (read more...)