King salmon — the largest of the Pacific species, regularly exceeding forty pounds in Alaskan rivers — are targeted with large, heavily weighted streamers and egg patterns on heavy tackle (9- or 10-weight rods with strong drags). Sockeye salmon, famously difficult to catch on a fly because they don't feed in freshwater, require induced strikes using small, brightly colored flies fished aggressively at a precise depth and angle relative to holding fish.

Atlantic salmon in Iceland represent perhaps the most traditional form of salmon fly fishing: swinging wet flies through defined pools on a double-handed rod, connected to centuries of tradition and presenting one of the sport's greatest technical challenges. Front Range Anglers offers salmon trips in Alaska (king, sockeye, coho, silver, and pink salmon) and Iceland (Atlantic salmon) — each a distinct experience, each with a setting as compelling as the fishing itself.