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Snow – 2-13-12

Doug — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:59:56 +0000

Woke up to this winter wonderland this morning. Had to take the trash to Norfork for the garbage man and decided to go fishin’.

The white “pipe” coming out of the dam is part of the minimum flow update. Will be interesting to see what they do with it.

It snowed this much while I was at the dam.

It was still snowing pretty hard when I left.

Trip Report 2-2-12 – Shad Kill!

Doug — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:31 +0000

David and I hit the the Fork today with our new “friend” Dennis. Dennis is a seasoned fly fisherman and is even teaching a tying class tonight in Mt. Home. We were nice enough to take Dennis downriver and he was nice enough to put the “beat-down” on us! Actually we all had a pretty good day. Midges, midge emergers, sowbugs, etc.

There was a shad kill taking place, The fish were not keying on them but it should just be a matter of time.

Arkansas or Alaska?

Doug — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:55:18 +0000

Gail and I just got back from a few days in AR. We wondered if we were in AK part of the time. The wildlife came out to play (eat).

First Trip of the Year! Norfork Dam 1-3-2012

Doug — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:01:49 +0000

SWPA said the water would be off at 10 a.m. and they were right on the money. Funny thing was I was the only one in the parking lot when they went down.

Called Jack, we had planned on fishing the Ackerman Access, but opted for the dam. The fish were everywhere but they were picky, that is…

Until Don showed up. Don is a fish catching machine. His s Bug is a sho nuff killer. He was gracious enough to give me several and I too began to look like an ole’ pro.

Here’s a nice bow I got earlier.

Doug — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:53:15 +0000

Here’s a picture I forgot to post of the Buddy, Lake, Carter and the fish they caught (and cleaned by themselves) when they were deer hunting.

I am in AR for the coming of the New Year and made it out fishing the last two days. I did the Ackerman walk in access on Tuesday and did fair. These area couple of pics from the stabilization work they are doing.

Put in at the dam Wednesday and did better than Tuesday Fished from the bottom of the Long Hole almost to Ace-In-The-Hole. They are also doing some work just past Gene’s.

Fish of the day.

12/17/2011

Doug — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:22:31 +0000

Some more pictures.

Rosemary playing in the snow.

On the way to Eagle River.

Quartz Creek.

The mighty Kenai!

At the confluence with the Russian.

Gwins is up for sale!

It can be done!

Across Cook Inlet on the way to Hope.

Resurrection Creek in Hope.

A home in Hope.

Caroline’s Birth12/9 and Dedication 12/18/2011

Doug — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:32:33 +0000

John 16:21 “A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. “

Caroline was born at appx. 9:40 p.m. (Alaska time) on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Mother and baby are doing great. There were a host of family members present to welcome her arrival.

Caroline arrives home!

We had Caroline’s dedication today.

Alaska Dec. 2011- Thursday, 8

Doug — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:55:04 +0000

We have not traveled to far from “home” yet but the weather has been pretty nice some snow but mild temperatures. No sign of the baby’s immanent arrival but it can’t be too long!

Here’s a couple of pics…

We got out of the house today for a while and took these pictures outside of Anchorage on the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet.

Thursday, Dec. 8 2011 Bregitte is having some contractions! She has a doctor appointment at 2:30 Alaska Time.

How’d you like to wake up to this?

Thanksgiving Day 2011

Doug — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:15:14 +0000

The day started off with Josh, Kati, Al, Amanda the Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 8K in Ridgeland, MS.

Confluence 11/10/11

Doug — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:04:57 +0000

Fished the Confluence yesterday 11/10 and dis pretty good considering the wind was blowing hard right down the river. Did better down rather than up. This is the first fish of the day.

This is the first fish of the day swimming away!

Aso fished the Ackerman access in the afternoon. SWPA predicted shut off at 11 and back on at five. So they shut down at noon and started back at 3 p.m. Got to fish about and hour and it was good.