Thursday, August 28, 2008

Lucky Thursday...

Today brought tremendous good luck my way....
finally a snub nosed!

I finally got a snub nosed trout! I have been wanting to see one of these in person for years, and finally one to my hand! I realize that they are so cute because they look like turtles...others think i am crazy because they think they got snub nosed from people hooking them or dropping them on their face??? maybe someone knows the answer...in the meantime, I think they are pretty darn cute.

...and I have found lots of treasures on the riverbank, hooks, beads, trash, tippet, split shot, but today was a first as I came upon actual cash- five bucks! which doesn't even get you a beer in King Salmon, AK, but it is that much closer...

also been floating rivers in either the kayak or small raft...

Rafting!
hFloating

I felt so at home back in a raft and floating the river, kind of nostalgic feeling...started to get excited about winter steelheading and all the glorious floats I love to do...the peace, the quiet....more in tune with the ways of the river, flowing with the current... as opposed to the roar of the horsepower motor-running up and down the river in a battle or all out war on fish...I definitely love floating better...and you can't beat this smile:

k8 on the river

Sockeye face

We have been matching the hatch here....

match the hatch

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Posted By k8 to Rogue Angels at 8/28/2008 08:07:00 PM

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Rogue Angels Painting








Artwork by Rogue Angel Jenny of Sweden....isn't this fantastic?

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Rogue Angel Lori

Lori and I did a bit of silver fishing the other day....check out her catch!
Lori with Silver

Thursday, August 14, 2008

A Day in the Life!

Justin just spent the last 10 days up here with me, and we convinced the lodge to send him on a few fly out trips with me....he put this rocking video together...the music is stellar, footage and editing creative, and fishing was a blast.....check it out, you are going to love a day in the life:




Please feel free to leave your comments about the video!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Summing it Up


This freaking sums it up, Alaska morning...rainbow....bush pilot....float plane....goof off guide....

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Honored

" A quietness washes over me as I sit on a large flat rock that is warming in the sun. That was not a struggle, not a fight, not an act of aggression or conquest, my catching this fish. It was an incredibly temporary connection to another animal-amazing wordless moments for me of awe and beauty, of the primality of nature. I feel, as I always do, honored that this beautiful beast sipped my fly."



-Allison Moir, "Love the man, Love the fly rod"

Friday, August 1, 2008

From Japan!

Rogue Angel Yoshiko

Rogue Angel Yoshiko rocking the boat.