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A RETURN TO THE BABINE WITH TWO OF MY OLD STEELHEAD FISHING BUDDIES, WAS MUCH ANTICIPATED. IT WAS TO BE A REUNION, TO A PLACE WE HAD FISHED FOR A DOZEN YEARS TOGETHER. JOINING US WAS CRAIG McMULLEN, AND FOR HIM IT WAS HIS VERY FIRST STEELHEAD EXPERIENCE. THIS TRIP WE WERE GOING IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS EARLIER THAN WE DID IN THE PAST, AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE WAY OF THE FISHING AND THE WEATHER. WELL, THE WEATHER WAS GREAT, THE FISHING, NOT SO GREAT! THE RUNS EITHER WAS LATE OR LIGHT, MAYBE BOTH. WE ALL CAUGHT FISH, BUT NOT IN THE NUMBERS WE ARE USED TO, HIGH ROD FOR THE WEEK WAS FOUR FISH, ABOUT HALF THE NORMAL COUNT. BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN BY MYSELF AND CRAIG DURING OUR WEEK ON THE RIVER. |
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| ON TO SMITHERS, B.C. | HUDSON BAY LODGE, SMITHERS | BABINE STEELHEAD LODGE |
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| THE BABINE RIVER | EARLY MORNING | CRAIG, DEAN (GUIDE) & DON |
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| DON GARNETT | SUCCESS FOR DON | CRAIG WITH ONE ON |
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| I HAVE A BIG ONE ON | HERE IT IS, ALMOST 20LBS | AFTER FISHING COCKTAILS |
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| DINNER TABLE | BALD EAGLE |
DICK ABRAMS, DON GARNETT, ME
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