Today's story bridges two worlds, the tight walk the bank grit of the Great Lakes and the raw tidal edge power of Alaska's Togiac River.

Bailey Adamovic learned a fish where 40-foot casts and ice-cold tributary-shaped anglers then cut his teeth on chrome kings, long rods, and blown out Alaskan rivers.

By the time he reached Todiac, he'd lived the full arc, scouting runs, watching big rivers on the

rise, and guiding anglers and the kind of eats that turned casters into believers.

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Bailey Adamovic is here today.

He's going to take us in and let us understand what it feels like stepping into an Alaskan guide season

and his experience there.

We're going to find out how he's adapted from 80-foot wide Wisconsin rivers

to the big rivers of the

togeac and beyond. We're also going to get a feel for what this Chinook game feels like from

the Violent Eats and how he coaches anglers. He was our guide on the river when we were up there.

So we talk about the story of having one of our best days with Bailey. So that's exciting to share

that. We also hear the story about how he looked over his shoulder one day, and Edward was watching him land a fish. He had an Edward encountered. That was an interesting one. And we also get us some ultra light Great Lakes gear, how it transfers over to some of the other stuff he's doing throughout the year. All right, Bailey's got a good program. Like all of the guides that we've been connecting with here, he's pretty passionate, so it's going to be exciting to hear how he's chasing Kings, Browns, and how he's bringing it all together. You can find Bailey at Crazy for Chrome Guide Service, and you can also check him out at togiakspay.com. Let's jump into it. Here he is, Bailey Adamovich. How you doing, babe? Good, Dave. How you

doing? Not too bad, man. This is great to reconnect after a trip up in togiak this year.

I've talked quite a bit about it because we had a pretty awesome day. I think the day I was out with

you was probably, you know, my best day as far as fish. We, uh, and we're going to talk about that today. We are swinging for, uh, king salmon, but also you've got in your home waters, um, in kind of the Midwest, uh, Great Lakes, Wisconsin, you fish for salmon and anadermous fish there as well. So we're going to, we're going to get into all things, Chrome and Enadermous Fish, does that sound like a pretty good plan?

Absolutely. for salmon and an adermous fish there as well. So we're going to get into all things, Chrome and Enadermous Fish. Does that sound like a pretty good plan? Absolutely, Dave. Sounds great. Nice. Okay, cool. Well, yeah, let's take us back. Before we jump into it, you know, into Wisconsin, let's take us back to the, you know, that day, maybe on togeak. Let's start there.

What's your experience?

First, we're going to dig into that day, but how did you connect to Togiac and kind of lodge up there?

Yeah.

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