Alaska day 24

Last day of fishing. Lots of reds and silvers. Wanted to fish quartz creek, but the car had battery problems, so headed back to anchorage.

Also discouraged by the number of tourists with poor stream craft who insist on standing where the fish were, slowly pushing the fish away.

Alaska day 23

Fishing at 4 am may not have been my best idea. At 4:30 a second fisher arrived, who hogged the pool. Whats worse, I had a fish on, and couldnt bring it in unless it attracted unwanted assistance. At 5 a bunch more fishermen arrived, and I could wade back to shore from the middle of the Kenai.

Got a bunch of fish. There is a Silver Salmon with my $100 fly line swimming up river. I need to go to the tackle shop again. Met Grant as I walked back to the car to get a spare reel.

Had a fly over by a pair of F22 raptors.

Alaska Day 22

Slept in - got up at 5. What a mistake. The Kenai / Russian was on fire. Landed and released 5 reds (fair caught). Lost a Silver at my feet. By 10 the place was a zoo and pulled up stumps and trout fished, then went to the Quartz for Dollies.

Alaska day 21

Started at the Anchor River near Homer. Alarm was set for 4 am. Alarm went off. I snoozed for 5 minutes. In that 5 minutes 3 cars arrived. By the time I had rigged up at least 15 cars were on the river. The weather was atrocious - perfect for fishing. I got a tiny Dolly Varden and pricked a Silver. Several people hooked up with multiple Silvers. By noon I was cold and wet, so gave up and migrated back to Quartz creek, where I got another 3 Dollies.

Alaska day 20

Went to Hope and taught Elsa Dieckgraeff to fly fish. She caught a bunch, including one in the mouth. The others were snagged. But she had fun!

Drove to Homer to fish the Anchor river. Also drove to the western most point of the US/Canada continuous road system.