Board one of two unique small touring vessels — don’t call them cruise ships, because that’s not what they are — for a weeklong adventure through southeast Alaska’s storied Inside Passage, the route plied by European explorers as they searched for the unattainable Northwest Passage in the late 1700s. This isn’t your average “cruise” — it’s an experience like no other, and it’s the perfect way to see everything America’s largest national forest has to offer.

While fly fishing schools continue to grow in popularity, most schools only offer a day or two of basic fly fishing instruction.  There’s a little bit of information on gear, a little on casting, a little on knots, a little on leaders & tippets, a little on insects and a little on flies.  Unfortunately, it’s not easy to cram a week’s worth of instruction into a 7 hour session.  As a result, many students head home with a host of unanswered questions and a very limited understanding of the sport.  

The Palometa Club—which is billed as the world's #1 permit lodge—is located on a lush spit of sand between the Caribbean and the storied, permit-rich waters of Ascension Bay, in the small fishing village of Punta Allen. A world away from the bustling all-inclusives and high-rise condos of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, Punta Allen has a personality all its own.

Is Greenland the angling world's newest frontier? Some think so. In fact, many anglers aren't even aware that it is possible to travel to Greenland to fish. Thanks to remaining out of the spotlight, as well as to Greenland's remote location and lack of development, many of the island's rivers remain unexplored. Of those that have been scouted by anglers, the Kangia is king. As the seasonal home to an uncharacteristically large population of powerful, sea-run Arctic char, there may be no river in all of Greenland that offers the bounty of the Kangia.