Alaska Day 2

Borrowed the Diekgreaff's car for the trip.  Went shopping for supplies and got a licence.  Went to walmart, Fred Myer, Cabelas, Bass pro Shops, REI, and finally back to Walmart.  (It took forever to find a camp stove.  Took about 4 hours of hunting to find one!!!!)

Finally headed to Hope to fish for Pinks.  Interestingly they were colour sensitive -- didn't like yellow or red, but liked chartreuse or pink!  Also, the sink tip line  didnt really work.  (Later I found that despite everyone saying you only need a short leader on sink tips, fish are actually line shy, and you need a good 3m leader!)

After Hope, moved on to the Russian River and set up camp.  Saw very few salmon but did see some large trout.

Alaska Day 1

Flew to Anchorage and stayed with the Dieckgraeff's.  Took lots of goodies!

Last day of the season

Went out for the last day of the season.  The river was packed.  Got a few small fish

Beautiful day for fishing

Took Elizabeth out fishing at Coningham

Fishing, Games, and Games

Went fishing.  Not much luck.

Then went to Area 52 to see the Bolt Action competition, followed by Michael and Cameron and Ursula coming up for dinner and more games.

Michael and Jonathon

I took Michael and Jonathon out.  Jonathon had a big fish.  it jumped clear, and we could see its size -- but I didnt capture it on the camera.

I thought you were going fishing

Susan thought I was going fishing.  So I went.  River was at 270, but with high winds.  No luck -- didn't even see a platypus.