Saturday July 10

Got a phone message from Gerry. He said he was headed back to Anchorage but that he’d caught his limit of silvers and also seen a few king salmon in the Klutina River. So, of course, I had to check it out.

Sweated bullets on the 80 degree 2 mile walk out to the mouth where the Klutina enters the Copper River. 5 hours later shivered on the rainy 54 degree walk back to the truck. After what seemed to be a thousand casts, I managed to sort of semi hook about 6, fight one hard and lose it, and yes, land one monster 7 pounder. Being a complete salmon rookie, I think it was a silver.

Went into this shop that housed a guide service to buy some split shot before I left for fishing and listened to a guide talk to a guy and his kid who he was about to shuttle upstream in his jet boat and take fishing. On the way back from my fishing I noticed the kid and his dad standing by at the filet table as the guide was cleaning more than a few fish. $225 for a half day trip……it gets me wondering......but I’ve always been more of a DIY guy.

Back to the riverside parking lot I slept in last night to blog the last few days. Writing the blog is not a big deal, but with no internet connection I can’t post it……hence the gaps in blog postings. After blogging I actually turned on the generator and watched a few DVD’s I brought with me…..a nice change of pace.

There were 2 dumpsters in the rest area…..empty when I got there, full when I left. The locals piled them high. Not sure if that’s what they were meant for.

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