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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#3366CC" TEXT="#080000" background="040ff483.png"> <div>                     </div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="041ff483.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6666FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to CHRIS' web site.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to CHRIS web site."><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures of Home"><U>Pictures of Home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures of me friends"><U>Pictures of me & friends</U></A>   |   <B>Pictures of...</B>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climbing Pictures."><U>Climbing Pictures.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stuff"><U>Stuff</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="042f0050.png" border=0 width="496" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pictures of...</div> <div> <B>OK So, on this page ya get a little action!  You'll see pictures from fishing, hunting and climbing trips.  Mostly of me, but some of my friends too.</B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="0b879760.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="630" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B><B><IMG SRC="0b99b730.jpg" border=0 width="411" height="627" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0f2315c0.jpg" border=0 width="561" height="604" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The fish on the left is a male Dolly Varden caught in the upper Kenai River, around October. The spot isn't far below Kenai lake. The  fish in the middle is a female Rainbow, caught in the lower end of the Kenai Canyon.   </B><B>The big Summer "Bow" on the right was caught just inside the canyon. Notice Buster ready to give a hand, er...Paw, if needed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0f4e8d40.jpg" border=0 width="744" height="724" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This fish was one of the first big rainbows I ever caught up here in Alaska, The ice was still melting from the banks of the river when I caught him, moving up out of the lake in preparation to spawn.   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="08c4b1c0.jpg" border=0 width="587" height="540" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B> </B><B><IMG SRC="0f30a1c0.jpg" border=0 width="778" height="540" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Two nice  Fall female Steelhead from the Anchor River, from the same hole only and only moments apart.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b6b3f80.jpg" border=0 width="691" height="760" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Paul with a nice buck Steelie.</B></div> <div> <B>                        </B></div> <div> <B>  <IMG SRC="0bd28f50.jpg" border=0 width="552" height="501" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="0b396230.jpg" border=0 width="406" height="547" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> Here's a nice early Spring Male Steelhead from the Kasilof, back when it was a good place to fish, and here's Cindy showing she knows how to use that fly rod, a little later in Spring, also on the Kasilof.  </B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="0b28a070.jpg" border=0 width="394" height="519" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="0ada78e0.jpg" border=0 width="423" height="398" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0f039ab0.jpg" border=0 width="569" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's Daren with another nice late season Rainbow and Dolly from the Kenai. The Rainbow right above was caught in the Gulkana river and the two previous fish where in the Kenai near where it empties into Skilak lake.</B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="0b69fe30.jpg" border=0 width="415" height="483" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0f7d4c20.jpg" border=0 width="468" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0f9dd0a0.jpg" border=0 width="477" height="522" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This nice Rainbow was the one of the first fish my good friend Ben Lewis ever caught on a fly rod. In fact, this was his first fishing trip using only a fly rod...Beginners luck huh? Well, he caught several more just like it that trip, and as you can seee with the ones to the right of it, he's pretty well got the hang of it!</B></div> <div> <B>                                          </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="104b00b0.jpg" border=0 width="688" height="779" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="10395a50.jpg" border=0 width="661" height="421" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>CHad with a beautiful Grayling caught in one of the tributaries of the Susitna river. The one to the right was also caught near there.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1009fbd0.jpg" border=0 width="671" height="957" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> Scott Fedak here is probably my best friend. I don't think I have any pictures of </B></div> <div> <B>him (except the one on the previous page) without either a big fish in his hands </B></div> <div> <B>or a dead critter in front of him. You'll see more of his big fish below.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0961de90.jpg" border=0 width="541" height="489" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0fd58470.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="583" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>So, I'm sure you've heard of the Big Kings (Chinook) we have here in Alaska. Well, this is one of the better pictures I have of ones I've caught. I show this one and the small one to the right first, because some of the ones below would be a hard act to follow! That one on the right was supposed to be a steelhead, not an early king! Instead of having to release him as I would have a steelhead, we had salmon for dinner.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fbc79d0.jpg" border=0 width="711" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B><B><IMG SRC="0a9a5030.jpg" border=0 width="677" height="515" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Scott fishing from "Putt Putt", his first boat here in Alaska. And as you can see, when he upgraded to a bigger nicer boat, the fish got bigger too!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0abd1f60.jpg" border=0 width="465" height="758" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="0fcf4060.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="774" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Scotts got a real honey hole for Kings up North of Anchorage. He takes his Dad from Pennsylvania up there almost every year.</B></div> <div> <B>Here's another one from the same place. Wow! And the one that Scott's dad has isn't bad either!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fe73620.jpg" border=0 width="627" height="866" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="1070d640.jpg" border=0 width="525" height="868" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Scott's dad and he holding our catch from another successful trip. To the right, Scott's dad points out, we're not the only ones fishing here.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="108f8400.jpg" border=0 width="504" height="832" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's ole Buster demonstrating the same technique used by Bears to catch fish, in this case, a Red Salmon.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="11958200.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="11bba220.jpg" border=0 width="698" height="802" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> Here is the first catch of the year for 2004, a 40-45 pound  King Salmon caught in Deep Creek.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="11c209a0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="922" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's Robbie with his first King ever! The day before when I caught the king in tha above pictures, he was getting very frustrated becuase I had had about five fish on and he hadn't so much as had a bite! The next day when he caught this one, it was my turn to get frustrated. I only hooked two fish all day and both had got off. he however had already hooked five fish by the time he landed this one, and witrh a fly rod no less!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12ce8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This King along with the one below were taken on the last week open to fishing for Kings on Deep Creek. We didn't manage to hook any larg fish this weekend with all fish averaging the same as these two, it not smaller. Fishing had slowed considerably compared to the previous week when, in only one days fishing, I managed to land 11 fish and have nearly as many on long enough to where I expected to land them. The largest fish the previos week were around 28-30 pounds, much smaller than the first weeks fishing whe I caught the big one up above. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12de8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>These shots are from a float done in mid June with my friends Daren and Ben on the Little Susitna river. The weather was as good as i gets...clear skies and plenty of Sun! On the down side, the warm weather and warm water made the fish extremely lathargic and uninterested in our flies, but, we still caught fish as you can see below. I caught three, Ben one, and Daren had some on but failed to land them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13684a00.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="672" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>First Fish.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="137e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Second  Fish, a bit bigger.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13820440.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="1092" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>And third fish.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="139e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ben and I hooked up about five minutes apart with these two. Below, </B><B>Daren playing a King that ended up getting away.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13ae8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>These shots are form the float down the Gulkana river only two days after the Little Susitna trip. All in all a good trip, but, smoke from forest fires blotting out the Sun, low water in the river and horrendous swarms of mosquitoes made the trip less enjoyable than it normally would have been. The fishing for Grayling and rainbows on the upper part of the river and (as you'll see below) King salmon on the lower river made the trip more than worth it's discomforts.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13be8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>One of our camps along the middle fork of the river. We had a fairly rain free trip except for some late evening thunder storms and a bit of rain on the last day. The sky was clear of clouds mostly too. The gray skies are frmo the forest fires far to the north.</B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="13c20580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Daren's first King of the trip.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13d84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ben hooks up shortly after.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13e84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My second king on the Gulkana is showing very little cooperation in being photographed as did the first.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13fe8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This one I caught right in front of my tent that night. Hell, I didn't even have my waders or any shorts on and had to roll up my jeans to land him.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="145e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ben bringing breakfast to the early morning fishermen. Ahhhh, fly rod in one hand, coffee in the other.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="140e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Next morning, the bite was still on.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="141e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>and on.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14258340.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="820" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>and on.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14320470.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="1095" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>AND ON, Big Time!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="144e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>group shot right before we headed off.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="146e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Business end of a big King</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SO, below are shots from Steelhead fishing this fall. My buddy Zack and his Dad are masters at it. These guys love fishing steelhead more than any other species here in AK, and hell, look at the size of the fish they're getting! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14f20c80.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="456" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Zack's Dad with a nice bright hen on a chilly foggy morning.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="15120580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Zack with a nice one. He was hookin about five to every one I was that morning.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="15020580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Me with a brite one, fresh in on the tide!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="152bc710.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="881" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Zack's Dad and one a bit bigger.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="153bca80.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="680" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's one that made the cold wet late October weather worth it! Measured just shy of 36"!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="154bc920.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="914" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This one did go 36"!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="15520660.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="614" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>And saving the best for last, Zack's biggest fish of the season, and all time record...38"!!!!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1611d470.jpg" border=0 width="797" height="1095" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Robbie's Nephew Zack with his first King Salmon!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="163e61f0.jpg" border=0 width="998" height="799" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1650f930.jpg" border=0 width="783" height="1171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Robbie's first fish of the season.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>THe following pictures are from Daren and Jason's 2005 fall trip up to Alaska. Daren had just returned from his second tour in Iraq. He has made an anual trip up to fish since he moved from Alaska back in the late 90s. Jason had also lived here in Alaska and manages to get up every couple of years or so to fish also.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>First part of the trip, Daren and I drove down to the Anchor River to fish Steelhead and Silvers. Jason had come up the week before and was down fishing the river with two friends he had brought up. They hit it just right with good numbers of Silvers and Steelhead in the river with good weather to boot. Jason's friends had to leave the day Daren and I drove down. We pciked up Jason at a popular resturaunt in Cooper landing his friends left him at to wait for us.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16f84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>A nice clutch of silvers from the Anchor</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16e84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's Daren with a nice male Silver.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16684700.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="624" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Jason, Daren, Daren's brother in-law (big)Jason standiong next to my raft at the mouth of the Kenai River Canyon on our second day of the float. This was big Jasons first trip to Alaska. Quite a change from what hhe's used to where he comes from in Arizona.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16784700.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="624" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Me between the Jasons.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16884a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Daren with the first really nice fish of the trip. We caught a lot of fish...alot of really nice fish, but unfortunately I don't have many shots of the ones I got because, I ended up wtihthe only functional camera by the end of the trip. (little)Jason's camera quit working before the float trip due to moisture instrusion. (Big) Jason's camera stopped working after he fell into the river with it and Daren didn't have one. So, unless we were fishing right next to each other, no one was able to get a shot of my catches.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16970840.jpg" border=0 width="624" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Not bad!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16a84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Pretty Dolly.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16b04840.jpg" border=0 width="772" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bigg'un that Jason caughht on the drift.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16c5e840.jpg" border=0 width="606" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Really colorful one Jason caught. Notice the deformed mouth from people mishandling it when previously caught.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16d70840.jpg" border=0 width="624" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Another nice fish caught by Jason with Daren's help landing it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="171a3840.jpg" border=0 width="675" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This silly Dolly bit my line when I dropped it into the water while getting ready to cast. While I was landing it, (big) Jason fell into the river with his digital camera in hand...oops!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="170848e0.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="910" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's a nice fat dolly I caught righht at the confluence of the Kenai River and Skilak lake. We caught so many fish there at the mouth! Because the wind was blowing like crazy, it was quite cold despite being fairly sunny.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17384a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's a nice picture of  the upper Kenai river valley as it nears Skilak lake (to the right of the picture)You can just see parts of the river as it nears the lake but you can see the path it takes where the cottonwood trees define it's banks at the dase of Bear mountain. We spent the thrid day of the trip floating and fishing throuth this part of the river and we camped on the shores of the lake about three hundred yards from the confluence...just far enough to get us out of the winndy part and the main throughfare of the bears.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17284a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The confluence of the Kenai river and Skilak lake to the left of the picture and Skilak river valley towards the top of the picture.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17684a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Here's a shot of our cooking area. In Bear country, you never put your sleeping area anywhere near where you cook and eat unless you want trouble. Jason's whipping up a little early morning breakfast and Daren has a roaring fire going to help shed the morning chill.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17784a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>If you stepped up out of the shelter of the trees to you left in the picure of the cooking area, this is the view you'd have. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17484580.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>On the way back to Anchorage, Big Jason wanted to buy some smoked fish and meats so we stopped at Indian Valley Meats. It's soprt of a tourist trap there but they do some of the best smoking to be had. They also take drop offs of your fish and game to process too.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17584a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a540000.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="768" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>We cmap on Skilak lake where the Kenai river flows in and over the last few years because of the lack of hunting pressure the Brown Bear of the area have become more brazen and challenging making it necessary to take steps to keep all your gear and food intact when you're not actually around to watch it, thus the cooler hanghing in the tree.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a63d6e0.jpg" border=0 width="829" height="622" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This and the picture below show the REAAAAlllllly crappy weather we had that weekend. We were getting the storm that flooded out Seward the fall of 2006. Guess we should have brought our surf boards</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a73f6f0.jpg" border=0 width="831" height="623" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Same basic view as above with a slight break in the weather.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a870bc0.jpg" border=0 width="624" height="956" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My First Caribou back in the 80s.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a98e4c0.jpg" border=0 width="910" height="588" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My first Brown bear only a couple of days later.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1aa61140.jpg" border=0 width="609" height="788" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Another Caribou at Lake Tyone.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1ab51b00.jpg" border=0 width="593" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>a Caribou at -20 degrees at King Salmon.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1ac5b520.jpg" border=0 width="859" height="594" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Jeff Burwell and I with our Dall Sheep in the Nabesna mountains.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1ad589b0.jpg" border=0 width="856" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mentasta Moose.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1ae6f9e0.jpg" border=0 width="623" height="926" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1afd31f0.jpg" border=0 width="723" height="543" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>More Mentasta Moose.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>