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PICTURESQUE!  08/26/2019

8/26/2019

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SKIP WALLEN
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​I’m in Alaska for two weeks, mostly to talk with Juneau city officials about some issues with the whale sculpture, but also to set some old-time wooden hooks to try to capture a soaker halibut in Glacier Bay.  A few days ago I enjoyed casting for and catching bright-as-a-silver dollar cohos on the Kenai (KEEN-eye) River using spinners.  

​Alaska prices have taken me aback, even after living up here 50+ years. You’d think I’d be inured to them. It must be the sudden contrast with Manitowoc prices.  And Juneau and Anchorage are a-crawl with tourists. But I had a moment on the river that made all  worthwhile.  We were quietly drifting in smooth, blue-green glacial water, carried by the swift current along a wild shoreline.  At least two loon families were competing to be heard, all calling at once and using their whole repertoires of laughing and haunting cries.   A moment so perfect that effort was needed to hold back tears. ​
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Here’s an image of one of the loon choral groups, an individual that ventured fairly close to the boat to check us out.
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