When you graduate from high school, the world is at your fingertips.
There are so many directions you can go with nothing holding you back. For some, the next step in life consists of what so many people consider the American Dream.
You go off to a prestigious college where you work hard for four years and graduate with a highly desirable degree in some fancy field. Next thing you know, you’re hired on at a growing company in a high paying position, you find the guy or girl of your dreams and settle down to raise a family. It sounds lovely, doesn’t it?

But, if you want to be a salmon fishing guide in Oregon, Washington, California or Idaho, you’d better think long and hard about taking a crack at working for a salmon camp deep in the Alaskan bush.