Posted in The Who, What, When & Why, tagged Alaska, Backcountry Skiing, Black lab, Blueberry picking, Fly Fishing, hiking, outdoors, running on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sierra waiting patiently…
Black labs are great. Looking back now at my growing up years in Alaska I think about my family dog who has passed on. I’m not sure what my teen and college years would have been like without her. Returning home from school, work or home for the summer I had no answer to [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why, tagged Alaskan winter, Anchorage, Backcountry Skiing, Cook Inlet on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Winter in Alaska has its moments. Fortunately for many Alaskans like myself winters are a pleasurable time of year aside from a few stormy weeks in December and January. The remaining winter-haters, of which there are many, emulate our fuzzy neighbors and hibernate by spending as much time indoors surrounded by ’happy lights’ and PFD funded flat screens as possible. Of course there are many [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summer in Alaska should have days like the above image. Highs in the 70’s, light breeze. T-shirts and shorts under your waders weather. Sadly, our Summer has been in hibernation. The termination dust down to 3,000ft this morning on July 24th is evidence enough that we are in for a chilly season.
The upside is that the local [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fortunately as an Alaskan, a non-fishing day holds many little treasures that help to get you through the day off the water. Living in the largest city in Alaska, one may think not too many opportunities exist to see wildlife. Luck, a watchful eye and knowing where to look opens up some pretty unique experiences.
I made it a point the other [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first trip of the year offered up a morsel only adding to the obsession. Judging by the success in terms of quality of fish from our previous trip, the new season holds great potential. Immediately after returning, D emailed me and recollected on missed opportunities. Should we have done this or that? Mind you that this was after a trout [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A little show for the winter weary. Three more months!
More pics to be added soon…
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The crew in our last get-together had a heart-rate elevating debate about a few issues facing fellow Alaska Flyfishers. One, Pebble Mine. This was a no-brainer as we are all dead-set against the open-pit toxic waste dump in the nursery of Alaska’s main salmon fishery. Second issue of the evening, beads. This was a much more heated [...]
