Russian and Alaskan TRs

JR wrote:


Papa Bear Floaters: other than packing heat, what precautions did you all
take for bears?

In addition to a revolver we had bear spray. The guides carry shotguns.
As far as bear proofing the camp, forget about it -- not practical. We
at least completely unloaded the rafts every night because the last
piece of equipment you want a bear to mess with is your raft. Bears are
hunted in that region, so they're afraid of people for the most part.

It seemed that the silvers were a mix of bright chromers and dark fish.
Is that the case? If so, what was the approximate proportion of each
would you say? How was the fight of these fish, compared, say, to the
fight of a fresh steelhead of the same size?

As we got down the river the proportion of bright fish increased, as
you'd expect. I was surprised that the dark fish seemed to fight just
about as hard as the bright ones, and that bright fish and dark fish
were mixed together in the same schools.

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