MAY 2-8, 2004

THIS MAY, EIGHT OF US HEADED NORTH TO BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR SOME SPRING STEELHEAD FISHING. OUR DESTINATION WAS TERRACE,BC., CANADA, LOCATED ON THE SKEENA RIVER SYSTEM, HOME TO SOME OF THE LARGEST STEELHEAD IN NORTH AMERICA.

DISAPPOINTINGLY, SPRING HAD COME EARLY TO THE AREA AND THE WARM WEATHER CREATED A HIGH EARLY RUNOFF. THE RESULTS WERE THAT THE RIVERS WERE HIGH AND DIRTY, MAKING SOME WATERS UNFISHABLE. HOWEVER, OUR INTREPID GROUP PERSEVERED, AND WE CAUGHT SOME OF THESE MIGHTY FISH IN SPITE OF THE CONDITIONS. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE; "YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LAST WEEK" TRIPS.

WE FISHED THE KITIMAT, GOAT, KINCOLITH AND PLUME RIVERS WHILE STAYING WITH WESTCOAST FISHING ADVENTURES IN THEIR LODGE IN TERRACE.

FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF PHOTOS TAKEN DURING OUR WEEK IN THE SKEENA VALLEY AND RIVER SYSTEM, THE SCENERY IS OUTSTANDING!

ED RABINOWE AFTER THE BIG ONES	OUR WHOLE GROUP (NAMES BELOW)	JACK HEIMS WITH FISH ON
DON GARNETT ON THE GOAT RIVER	LOVELY SKEENA VALLEY & KITIMAT RIVER	JOHN KAJIWARA AND BRITE STEELIE

GROUP NAMES: (LEFT TO RIGHT) DON GARNETT, JOHN BARRY, BILL KING, ME, DICK ABRAMS, ED RABINOWE, JOHN KAJIWARA AND JACK HEIMS.

GETTING READY, GORDY & ED	WILDLIFE, MAMA & CUB	IT WASN'T ALL FISHING
JACK'S KINCOLITH STEELHEAD	THE PLUME RIVER	UP TOO LATE, ED'S TUCKERED OUT!

THESE PHOTOS BELOW WERE TAKEN BY DICK ABRAHMS, A LONG TIME STEELHEAD FISHING BUDDY AND PAPER INDUSTRY STALWART.

DON, DICK AND NICE BUCK	DON WITH FISH ON	ROB, DON AND KITIMAT STEELIE

WHILE THE SPRING STEELHEAD FISHING WAS DISAPPOINTING, SOME OF US ARE CONSIDERING RETURNING TO THE AREA FOR THE CHUM SALMON RUN IN JULY/AUGUST. THE AREA HOLDS MANY OF THE WORLD RECORDS FOR THESE HARD FIGHTING FISH AND THEY HAVE A HUGE RUN AROUND THE END OF JULY.

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