My arms are tired...

Well, I've been back from the Skeena for a few days. I went to Terrace to fish with friends Hu and Jack from Vernon. The lads picked me up in Savona and we drove straight there - 14 hours! - fished for 9 days, then Hu and I drove straight back while Jack stayed to fish for a few more days with some other friends. A quote from "The River Why" by David James Duncan sums up our schedule: "Eat. Sleep. Fish. Repeat."

Here are a few of my photographs from the trip:

Hu on our first day

 Jack on our first day

Jack fights a fish at Ferry Island

My new Redington CPX 12664, CDL reel and Skagit 425 - perfect for Skeena sox, coho and pinks

We use bright flies!

Sadly, it was very windy at China Bar which made flyfishing tough that day

Jack catching a few Zs at China Bar

Hu prepares to fillet one of our nice sockeye

Look at that red flesh!

We ran into Fred and Inge almost every day

Fred makes his own hooks!

One of Fred's flies, tied on his handmade hook

The weather was a bit variable this year...

Fishing in the rain

One day a bear decided to join the party

Anglers on a run near Terrace

Hu off on a stroll with a fish

I caught this fish 5 minutes after it was released by Hu. It didn't fight at all and the distinctive wound told the tale - same fish!

Jack with a nice steelhead

On our last evening of fishing, Hu landed this beautiful steelhead...

...and then two casts later landed this one. It was a great way to end our trip!

Cheers! KW