Saturday, August 1, 2009

Finally getting out on the water

The local rivers get hit pretty hard around here. Grade-A combat fishing for everyone involved. Nonetheless, The Wife and I ventured out after work today for a few hours. The first stream out of town was shoulder-to-shoulder on both banks for as far as we could see. We kept driving.

After motoring about 45 minutes out of town, the crowds had petered out. Lazy bastards. Finding a convenient place to stop, we ventured down to the river to give it a once over.
Things were looking up. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. Bear tracks...
Fish tracks?!?
I managed to lose my first chum of the year. It horsed me around for about five minutes before I got impatient and let him get the better of me.
The Wife slayed the pinks--one after another for a bit. For those at home keeping track, she's up 2-0.
Happy birthday Karta!
Rippin' lip.
Humpy!
All in all, a pretty good way to spend a couple hours. I foresee doing a lot more of this in the near future...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey dude, well done on finally getting the line wet. It was really getting kinda sad i must admit, glad you remedied the problem! Sounds like you have a huge playground at your feet and i must admit i am gettin stoked to explore the area and see what Anchorage has to offer. Also congrats on surviving the Bar exam, and glad to hear you explored the other type of bar once done. I will agree a good IPA will make just about any day better.

Well hope you get out and explore your backyard... im hoping to have some inside knowledge to aid in the exploration of AK! Tight lines and keep on fishing bro.

Also, agree with Ross, hope you have some stairs to aid in the urban skiing. And if you dont see anything skiable, down a few barley pops and reassess the options...

Josh