ately came across a bear’s femur bone that
occasional tailing ripples. Richard from Col-
must have weighed more than 25 pounds.
orado, perhaps the most seasoned fly fisher-
With the base camp set up, and our protec-
man among us, was first to hook up. A nice
tion in ready reach, Matt rigged up each of
pink salmon was soon landed. Now the in-
us. Today we would be fishing with Sage 8-
tensity of casting and stripping line picked
weight rods and Ross reels. A barbless
up noticeably among the remaining fishless
(catch & release) Clouser minnow in
anglers. Soon Shane, my new friend from
olive/white and pink was today’s wet fly of
down under, had a nice fish on followed by
choice. Now it was time to produce! Initially
Dan landing a dolly varden char.
we were blind casting off the beach toward
Salmon begin to stack up as the tide goes out at the mouth of Wheeler Creek. Two anglers vie for their next salmon as Dan does battle with a big 'un.
As we continued to fish, it became obvious