Summer Catch Up Post

[2knots]

Nice job Jeff, glad you had a great trip to the Kenai. The sockeye run is crazy this year the bear viewers up there are loving it. The smallies are fun for sure. Dexter’s were a very common knife used on a lot of the party boats in Calif, probably still are but haven’t been on any after I got my own boats. I believe I still have one in the shop that I bought in Bodega Bay many moons ago.

Hey Alan, I can see why you travel back to Cali each year chasing the salmon and steelheads, what a fun fighting fish... We hiked up to the Russian river falls when we were in Alaska to watch for bears eating the salmon, but I guess it was too early, there were a few fish running the falls, but no bears... Probably a good thing we didn't have a gun or bear spray with us...  

Been using my Dexter a little since I got it, and I really like that knife, pretty sure it will be my first pick to fillet from here on out... I think it's even easier and faster than the electric fillet knife, and it doesn't waste near as much meat... Probably the reason I like it so much is it cuts so clean to the bone... 

I understand there are still over 100,000 fish entering the river each day, even this late in the run, so it was one incredible run this year... Not sure, but I think the silver run should start on that river before much longer, what a fun summer that's been for everyone... Makes me want to start planning for next year or maybe two years from now... I've heard the odd years are best for sockeye...  

Are you guiding this fall?  Do you start archery, or do you wait until September to hit the mountains?  Been seeing lots of folks scouting for deer the last couple weeks, guess Saturday will be the fall kick off... I'm hunting down south this year, so I'll probably go without any scouting this year, hoping there will be a few dumb ones I can chase... First year using a rifle in a long time, hope that will end up being a fun hunt... Later Jeff

Yes the salmon and steelhead are a blast, I leave for Oregon for 2.5 weeks this coming weekend to chase the Kings, always look forward to the trip. The steelhead have been real hit and miss the past couple years with the rivers either flooding or being to low, looks like it’s going to be a great year in Idaho on the Clearwater based on the counts going over the dams on the Columbia. We’re planning a road trip for 2 months up to Alaska next summer, doing the research and following a couple of FB threads on RVing Alaska everyone is talking about the run and numbers, glad you hit an epic year for the run. 

Dexter’s were I believe one of the 1st blades that figured out that a real thick stiff blades wasn’t needed and the flex made it easy to stay tight to the backbone and waste little

Yes I will be guiding deer hunts in late October again this year. I drew a general Wyoming elk tag and will archery hunt starting mid September. Did some scouting early July and found some good groups of animals scattered around. Good luck on your hunts this fall