It was a quiet week for me on the river. This past week I had a dipnet trip that went well but the highlight was being able to guide the Graham family from Palmer, Alaska. Dan Graham is a college buddy of mine and when he came down to fish king salmon in May he said his girls were born in Alaska and he was embarrassed to say they have yet to catch a salmon. He said they've tried but just hadn't any luck. I told him to come down in August because it was a pink year and it wouldn't be a problem finding a fish or two. Pictured above is Katie and Erika proudly holding two of the many fish they caught on Saturday.
Here's Erika catching her last fish of the day. A beautiful 9 pound red salmon. Do you think she had fun?
This photo was taken on Sunday morning before the Graham's left for home. If you notice, Dan and Katie are the only ones fishing off the dock. Erika said she didn't want to cast because her arms still hurt from all the fish she caught the day before. Mission accomplished!
Unfortuately I didn't have a photo of the entire Graham family. Sorry Kim for not having you in the photos. There's no doubt you and Dan are raising two wonderful girls and you should be proud of that.
The final photo is Debbie Dreyer fishing off of the Beaver Creek dock today. I wanted to include several dock photos because I know the guests coming up the rest of the month look forward to walking out of the cabin door and being able to cast for salmon. So far the pink fishing has been good with one silver being netted. The good news is it should only get better everyday for the next couple of weeks.
Tight lines!
2 comments:
You're a natural as a fish guide, Keith! Thanks for doing in 1 hour what I couldn't do in 18 years and 2 months!!
Dan,
Families like yours makes my job easy....
Keith
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