Alaska - Fishing The Untamed

By Douglas C. Myers, PhD
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Published: Dec. 07, 2009
Words: 32714 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Wilderness fishing by Alaskan author and former lodge owner. Photo illustrated writings about fishing and wildlife adventures on remote rivers of Bristol Bay Region, Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, and less remote Kenai Peninsula. Various accounts on fishing for salmon, bear encounters, and Native subsistence fishing and hospitality. Chapters also include Kenai River sockeye (reds) and grayling.

Extended description

ALASKA - Fishing The UNTAMED is a wilderness fishing adventure ebook written with photo illustrations by Alaskan author Doug Myers, adventurer, and sport fisherman. A former lodge owner in remote Southwest Alaska, Myers writes of his fishing/wildlife adventures on wild rivers of the Bristol Bay Region, Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, and less distant Kenai Peninsula. Special writings about fishing Kenai River sockeye (reds) and Arctic Grayling are included.

To read ALASKA - Fishing The UNTAMED is to take a virtual trip to America's 'last frontier', a timeless treasure experienced by a fortunate few. For sport fishermen it provides the vicarious realization of an often elusive dream. Episodes of catching Pacific/Alaska salmon are included in several chapters - king (chinook), red (sockeye), chum (dog), pink (humpy), or silver (coho) salmon. A saga account of the salmon's migratory pattern and metamorphic change leading to instinct's spawning ritual is also included. Rainbow trout,... (Read more) ALASKA - Fishing The UNTAMED is a wilderness fishing adventure ebook written with photo illustrations by Alaskan author Doug Myers, adventurer, and sport fisherman. A former lodge owner in remote Southwest Alaska, Myers writes of his fishing/wildlife adventures on wild rivers of the Bristol Bay Region, Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, and less distant Kenai Peninsula. Special writings about fishing Kenai River sockeye (reds) and Arctic Grayling are included.

To read ALASKA - Fishing The UNTAMED is to take a virtual trip to America's 'last frontier', a timeless treasure experienced by a fortunate few. For sport fishermen it provides the vicarious realization of an often elusive dream. Episodes of catching Pacific/Alaska salmon are included in several chapters - king (chinook), red (sockeye), chum (dog), pink (humpy), or silver (coho) salmon. A saga account of the salmon's migratory pattern and metamorphic change leading to instinct's spawning ritual is also included. Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, Arctic grayling, northern pike, herring, and halibut are additional fishing features presented separately throughout the book.

The writing includes visits with Native friends at their subsistence fish camp site on a designated 'wild and scenic' river within the Bristol Bay Region of Southwest Alaska. From ancient privilege to the running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, from wildlife observations to sport fishing highlights, the book emphasizes Alaska's greatest resource - the spirit of adventure. Each chapter is photo illustrated, and a reference link is available for viewing additional photos included in the related hard copy.

You will learn about sport fishing experiences that will more than wet your appetite for your own adventure, whether in Alaska or out your own back door.

The book's contents includes: Angler Discovery, Katmai Wilderness Drama, Promised Rainbow Reward, A Gathering Place, Appointment With Kings, Migration Spectacle - Fowl And Fin, Prospecting Silver, Treasured Island Jewel, Wilderness Extravaganza (A River Runs Red), Arctic Splendor, Dashing For Distance, Study Of Contrasts, A Final Cast and A Final Retrieve.
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