On the return from a quick trip over to Washington State, my Durango’s engine gave out at a Taco Bell drive through in Missoula Montana. We’d had a beautiful afternoon driving up the Clearwater and Lochsa Rivers. I was seriously considering replacing the brakes and getting new tires and rolling through one more season. After [...]
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“Fins Up” Salute
Posted in Alaska, Montana, The Bad, The Good, tagged Alaska, Durango, Montana, Road Trip from Hell, Yukon on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AK2UK
Posted in Alaska, The Bad, The Good, tagged AK2UK, Alaska, bristol bay, pebble mine, Sockeye Salmon on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A delegation of Alaska Natives and commercial fishermen will fly to London <http://www.ak2uk.com/index.html > next week to confront mining industry giant Anglo American at the company’s April 15th shareholders meeting with concerns about the massive Pebble mine project in the headwaters of Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska.
Visit the website for more info. Good luck [...]
Achilles
Posted in Alaska, Fishing Reports, The Bad on December 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Alaska fishing season past ended with a pop.
Check out Stacy’s story “Achilles” in This Is Fly on page 91.
If you are in Cooper Landing next summer, be sure to eat at The Kingfisher, but watch out for the Ping Pong table.
Since Alaska, we have fished on the Green in Utah and the [...]
Will there be fish tomorrow?
Posted in Fishing Reports, The Bad, tagged BC, Sacred Headwaters, Salmon, Skeena, Steelhead on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a damn scary time. I don’t like to focus on this stuff, but everyone needs to be aware of these continual threats and support the good guys fighting for our fish and the health of our world. If the Pebble Mine is not enough to scare you, here is another horror.
Protect BC’s Sacred [...]
A Letter From Brian Kraft About Pebble Mine
Posted in Alaska, Fishing Reports, The Bad, tagged Alaska, bristol bay, pebble mine on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here a copy of an email I received today. I decided to post it and keep spreading the word about the good fight to save the Bristol Bay watershed. All anglers and sportsman need to work together on these issues, even if they will never visit some of the places that are threatened. [...]
