Alaska Adventure

[Zach Bearden]

Phil thats alright whenever you fish em tell me how they do! I betcha theyle catch the small fish of the trip!

lol I agree I dont see a link Phil I have pics of a fish of a lifetime 30" caught it outa Dry Run Creek just dont know how to put it on here

[Phil Lilley]

Sorry- I didn't mean to even post it cause I couldn't get the pic to attach. Having a very hard time with this connection. It's a wireless from a tower 2-3 miles from here... and then the speed is dial-up speed. I wait 1-2 minutes and then get a time out. May not get any more pic uploaded till I go to town now- it's getting worse it seems.

[Zach Bearden]

I live on a Dial Up connection and we dont wanna have to pay for sattelite

[Phil Lilley]

In town for another lumber yard stop (big bucks) and laundry (also big bucks). Would love to open a laundry mat here- we spend about $130 each time we wash between the Johnson's and us. Filled the truck with gas just now- $65. It's $4.23/gallon. They don't change the price for a year- they get a year's supply once each year and they just got this years delivery. Price dropped from $4.60 to $4.23 which I'm sure is a welcomed sight for locals.

It's cold and rainy here today. We got the roof panels and tin up yesterday on our cabin. Insulated the ceiling too. Picked up the wiring for both Johnson's and my cabins. We're trying to put in long days so we can fish the last part of the week. Want to go halibut fishing too. News of kings coming into the mouth of the river... town is really getting busy esp the ship yards. Should be just a couple of days and they'll sound the bell.

Here's are some pics... random again. I'm almost out of battery and need to get off.

The cabin being built is ours on the river. Don't have any pics from yesterday's building.

Another pic of Tom's 32 inch rainbow

[Terry Beeson]

Hey Phil... is that your guide helper in that pic helping to launch the boat (pic #7)? That's one ugly helper... Bet he eats a lot, too!!!

[gonefishin]

Hey Phil... is that your guide helper in that pic helping to launch the boat (pic #7)? That's one ugly helper... Bet he eats a lot, too!!!

How many fish did it take to bribe that bear into letting you have a picture of him helping launch the boat?

[Phil Lilley]

Lots done. Our last building crew is heading home tomorrow. We got all of our building projects done yesterday. Jim and I will finish next week. Both our cabins are done except for wall covering... there's very little to chose from in this part of the world. Sheet rock is $24 per sheet... breakage, I guess, in shipping. We can get paneling for $27 but I don't like how it looks. I'm going to use siding and wanescoat my bedroom and living room and staple plastic till next fall or next spring. My cabin is 12 x 24 with a 6 foot porch and Jim's 16 x 24.

We picked up my boat from King Salmon yesterday- ran it upstream to camp since I didn't spring for a trailer, yet. Running thru the rapids was an experience!! Big water and boulders, winding back and forth, some of the passages only as wide as the boat. It's a 22-foot, alum, semi-V, 6 feet wide. Lots of room- pretty much wide open. I bought the spider frames and seats like they use in river boats on the White and they've works very well so far. The console is mounted center-front which is nice cause you can see the boulders you're about to hit. The 150 E-Tec is a horse. There were 4 of us in the boat and it raced through the rapids.

We found more morels yesterday- just down the road between here and the lake access.

Went clamming last evening. Droved to Naknek, onto the beach outside themouth of the river (Bristol Bay) and drove the beach (experience in itself) up 5 miles to the "spot" locals like to clam. Incredible sight- from normal water line, the ocean was well over a mile from that spot in several places. The tide is -5 which is 5 feet below normal. Normal tide is about 30 feet. We walked out about 1/4 miles to where we found hundreds of claims laying all over the ground. We filled several buckets before Tom exclaimed the tide was coming back in. When we left it was picking about 10-15 feet per minute, kinda like Taney when the water comes on times 10. Clams are soaking and we eat them tomorrow.

Took Marsha fishing when we got back. Midnight I think. Took the boat upstream about 1/4 mile to the access where Paul had been fishing while we were clamming. He caught 12 rainbows from 20 to 27 inches, mostly on jigs or swimming minnows. Marsha hooked one on the first cast- jumped 6 times and threw the hook. Hooked another and did the same. I hooked one and it threw the hook too. All in 30 minutes- we got cold and headed in.

Went out on the lake this am with the guys. Wanted to go to a cove where Jim has caught Char. Couldn't get there because the straight we needed to cross was too shallow still. So we cruised the lake and looked for deep rocky banks for northern pike. No luck but the lake was slick and very beautiful.

They guys are going king fishing with Jim this afternoon. Marsha and I have things to do in town. The kings are moving in, as reports go. We did see 2 roll at the mouth of Big Creek yeterday. High tide is 3 pm at KS and that's when they are going to try to be there. We'll see.

Oh yea- John- your package arrived!

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Thanks for the update Phil. I'm glad the package made it okay. 7 days and a wake-up; but who's counting!

John

[bearcat68]

Phil, My son and I are joining you at the same time John is coming. We got hooked up through your resort at Taney. Really appreciating the updates!

Jim

John, HOW many 20 to 27 inch 'bows have you caught? Zero here! I am ready!

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Bearcat, NONE but I'm seeing some in my future (I HOPE). ONE WEEK and counting! Can't wait. See ya soon.

John