In the glimmer of a rare sunny day, Owen Brooks cracked a smile as he took a victor’s march across a bridge over Ship Creek in Anchorage, Alaska.
In his second attempt of the season, Brooks on Monday landed a king salmon, the object of affection for thousands of Alaska anglers — and Outside visitors.
“I think the real ones that do this a lot, we dream about this all year long,” Brooks said. “It’s like you’re coming back to the smell, the feel of that water, the fresh air. It’s just great.”
