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Fly Fishing Reports => Western Destinations => Topic started by: Aka on September 20, 2017, 19:05:54 PM

Title: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 20, 2017, 19:05:54 PM
My sister called me up and told that one of the other pilots for the airline she's flying for had a medical emergency so she would have to be north of the brooks range for three months. She asked if I could go up to her place in Anchorage and help her out with a a few things and bring her 15 year old Jack Russell terrier back to stay with me for a couple months. It was silver season so she asked at the right time. She also bought my ticket and put me up in first class so that helped.

I had enough time to make a mess of the bench and tie a few flies before leaving.

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I called a few people, made plans, and a week and a half after she called I was here at 2am.


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I got a cab to her house, slept a few hours, loaded everything into her car and hit the road. Driving this little thing was about the biggest ass pucker I've had in a long time. A car that size is a moose lazy boy waiting to happen and I drove 600 miles of the moosest roads on earth.

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I met up with an old friend that now lives in Kenai and hit the river. Fishing wasn't too bad with me getting a nice silver on the first day and both of us catching a ton of sockeyes.


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We hiked upstream a ways past where the river is closed to fishing to check out fish swimming/ jumping up a series of waterfalls. Along the way the river was dotted with pools choked full of fish taking a break between rapids.


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I headed down the road to fish the stream that I grew up on. Coming into town I noticed how everything was run down more than I ever remembered and then saw the old tackle shop that I used to buy candy bars at when my brother and my friends and I would ride our bikes down to the river as kids to fish.


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We missed the main push of silvers on the first afternoon so fishing wasn't the greatest. We were catching mostly pinks with my buddy getting a nice silver. He went back up to Kenai having to be at work in the morning and I headed down to homer to meet up with an old friend, stopping at a salt water slough on the way to harass some more humpy's.


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He met me out at the slough and fished a bit before we made it back to his place at dusk to drink some beers and whiskey and catch up.

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Then up the next and last day to fish by myself on the home waters.

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I got an early steelhead but couldn't get a pick on my own. I had to ask a favor of a guy fishing a ways below me to take a pic of this silver for me.

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With everything loaded in the car I headed back up to Anchorage, took a quick shower, repacked my bag, called a cab, rounded up the dog and headed to the airport.


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Dee-Vo on September 20, 2017, 21:16:05 PM
That was great. Thanks for posting.

Hell yea.
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: DRIFTS on September 21, 2017, 04:59:06 AM
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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Jfey on September 21, 2017, 07:00:30 AM
It was nice of you to roll those humpys through the gravel before taking the pic 0:0

Good stuff Ak. A.   
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Beetle on September 21, 2017, 07:59:23 AM
 'c; 'c; 'c; 'c;
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Big J on September 21, 2017, 08:50:41 AM
Well that looked like an awful time. 

You bring some fillets home?
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: rbphoto on September 21, 2017, 08:53:16 AM
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Looks like a fun spontaneous trip.

'c;
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: The Dude on September 21, 2017, 11:21:36 AM
Did you check out any mary jane stores and sample the local yield?  #farmtodoobie
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 21, 2017, 11:23:18 AM
Quote from: Big J on September 21, 2017, 08:50:41 AM
Well that looked like an awful time. 

You bring some fillets home?


I have a box filled with fillets my friend who runs FedEx in Kenai is going overnight to me at a dollar a pound, around $20 total for shipping. I was going to give some to Jeff but he bitches about gravel so he's out.


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Grannyknot on September 21, 2017, 13:32:36 PM
Very cool.
Whats the thing out in the water in the picture of the sockeye thrashing around near the bank?
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Jfey on September 21, 2017, 13:53:31 PM
Its ok.  I lead a #gravelfree life :D

Quote from: Aka on September 21, 2017, 11:23:18 AM
Quote from: Big J on September 21, 2017, 08:50:41 AM
Well that looked like an awful time. 

You bring some fillets home?


I have a box filled with fillets my friend who runs FedEx in Kenai is going overnight to me at a dollar a pound, around $20 total for shipping. I was going to give some to Jeff but he bitches about gravel so he's out.


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on September 21, 2017, 14:15:20 PM
i want to hear more about the beer and weed
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 21, 2017, 16:31:43 PM
Damn nice trip, I'm waiting on my son to get his own crib so I'll have a place to crash...


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 21, 2017, 17:36:28 PM
Quote from: Grannyknot on September 21, 2017, 13:32:36 PM
Very cool.
Whats the thing out in the water in the picture of the sockeye thrashing around near the bank?


Cleaning table. Alaska fish and game encourages cleaning fish at the river and throwing the carcass into swift current so bears won't get habituated to where people fish.


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 21, 2017, 17:43:55 PM
Quote from: The Dude on September 21, 2017, 11:21:36 AM
Did you check out any mary jane stores and sample the local yield?  #farmtodoobie

Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on September 21, 2017, 14:15:20 PM
i want to hear more about the beer and weed

No herb here. There's a few dispensaries down where I was but from what I heard they're way more expensive than the black market.



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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: The Dude on September 21, 2017, 23:27:11 PM
Stupid revenuers and their taxes driving up the cost of everything.

But you have a buddy that works for FedEx in a State with leagalized pot, hmmmm...........


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Dougfish on September 22, 2017, 05:22:09 AM
Hellz yes, Aaaaaron!

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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 22, 2017, 08:06:09 AM
Quote from: The Dude on September 21, 2017, 23:27:11 PM
Stupid revenuers and their taxes driving up the cost of everything.

But you have a buddy that works for FedEx in a State with leagalized pot, hmmmm...........


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The area he manages is pretty big, he has all of the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. He said FedEx policy is that not to ship any weed whether it's legal for sale or not. He is as straight laced as they come and the guys running one of his remote locations are all either ex-cop or ex-military and their biggest thrill is intercepting packages containing drugs.

Pot has been legal in Alaska since 1974 with a brief period in the early 90's when it was criminalized. The old law allowed people to grow their own for personal consumption, I think you could have up to 2 ounces of dried bud in possession, so there's always been a shit ton of people growing it. Adding tax, business costs like license, building lease, etc. didn't do anything more than move the cost up.
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Grannyknot on September 22, 2017, 12:20:24 PM
Quote from: Aka on September 21, 2017, 17:36:28 PM
Quote from: Grannyknot on September 21, 2017, 13:32:36 PM
Very cool.
Whats the thing out in the water in the picture of the sockeye thrashing around near the bank?


Cleaning table. Alaska fish and game encourages cleaning fish at the river and throwing the carcass into swift current so bears won't get habituated to where people fish.


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damn i bet that table is built like a brick shithouse
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: The Dude on September 22, 2017, 13:58:25 PM
Whatever, we all know those salmon fillets he's mailing you aren't stuffed with thyme, rosemary, parsley and basil.  That piney aroma coming from the package is a special sumpin sumpin to help keep the fish nice and fresh for its trip across the continent.
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Good luck tomorrow. #moatlife

Quote from: Aka on September 22, 2017, 08:06:09 AM
Quote from: The Dude on September 21, 2017, 23:27:11 PM
Stupid revenuers and their taxes driving up the cost of everything.

But you have a buddy that works for FedEx in a State with leagalized pot, hmmmm...........


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The area he manages is pretty big, he has all of the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. He said FedEx policy is that not to ship any weed whether it's legal for sale or not. He is as straight laced as they come and the guys running one of his remote locations are all either ex-cop or ex-military and their biggest thrill is intercepting packages containing drugs.

Pot has been legal in Alaska since 1974 with a brief period in the early 90's when it was criminalized. The old law allowed people to grow their own for personal consumption, I think you could have up to 2 ounces of dried bud in possession, so there's always been a shit ton of people growing it. Adding tax, business costs like license, building lease, etc. didn't do anything more than move the cost up.
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 26, 2017, 15:32:05 PM
The fish box was sitting on my front porch when I got home. Pulled some out for dinner tonight and a bit for a quick snack and put the rest in the freezer.


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Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: benben reincarnated on September 27, 2017, 05:56:39 AM
I should have some free time this weekend to help you eat some of that salmon.
Title: Re: Exploits from an unplanned trip: Fish were hurt, dranks were drank, and a dog was rescued.
Post by: Aka on September 27, 2017, 14:31:56 PM
Quote from: benben reincarnated on September 27, 2017, 05:56:39 AM
I should have some free time this weekend to help you eat some of that salmon.

If we don't have anything planned that could happen.