USA 39 - 5 Trout and 2 Trees!

I knowwwwwwwwwwwww... you're sick of the Alaska stories...

BUT I'M NOT!!!!

And I can't pass this one up!

I went fishing again yesterday.

Yep, Jason from Drifter's Lodge took me and another guest, Jeff the Fisherman, out trout fishing yesterday - most of the time we were drift fishing, which meant we were fishing as we drifted down the Kenai River.

I won't bore you with all the details...the pics are quite clear about our fishing prowess!

I managed to score 5 Rainbow Trout, the biggest of which you see me very proudly displaying!! It felt rather heavy and slimy (I reckon this is the funniest pic from my holiday so far - I laughed and laughed when I saw it)!

I was also talented enough of a fisherwoman to catch 2 whole trees - yes as I was casting to the right (from the boat), as directed by Ace Fishing Guide, Jason, and also directed not to hit the trees, I managed to catch huge tree branches, not once...no no no, I don't do anything by halves, sportsfans, but TWICE!! You should have heard the swearing - and I think Jason's was louder than mine!!! Ah...My nephew would be so proud!

Anyway.....

Check out Jeff's crazy 26 inch Rainbow Trout (it's his second fish pic) - man that thing was AWESOME - he had to battle it down the rapids...it flipped and spun out of the water (I thought I was in a beer commercial!), then managed to get it in the boat - it was hugely exciting, resulting in grins, high-fives, and backslapping from all three of us for the rest of the day! By the looks of that second last pic above, though, all that Trout action seems to have tuckered ol' Jeff the Fisherman out!

Jeff caught like 8 Rainbows and pulled in a couple of Dolly Vardens (or Dolly Partons as he liked to call them) - these are beautiful trout with salmon coloured spots on the back. Of course us aussies think a Dolly Varden is a girl's birthday cake with the top half of a Barbie doll sticking out the top...but hey, here it's a trout - go figure!

You can see Ace Fishing Guide, Jason, in some of the pics above - seems he's very shy, and just accidentally got his dial in nearly every bloody photo!

Thanks for a great day gentlemen. Bloody loved it!!!