Alaska Arolik River (slide show full report)

"jimbo" wrote in message
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"Willi" wrote in message
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That was fun and got me psyched for our upcoming trip!

I take it you never met Jim before the trip??? I don't think I'd take a 9
day float with just one other person that I hadn't even met. An asshole
or an incompatible person could have made the trip a nightmare. I'm glad
it worked out for you.

How did you find and decide on the Arolik? It's not a very well known
river.

Willi

I agree. I just returned from a Canadian fishing trip, and the only other
guy in the lodge other than my wife and I remarked that the camp where he
normally stays is full of a**h****, to which I thought, "yeah, and one
less than normal". Tom is a brave soul to take pot luck on a 9 day fishing
partner, although I will say that 95% of the folks I have met at fishing
camps have been folks I would gladly fish with again. That 5% though would
be almost enough to make me hang up my rod forever.

Jim Ray

I think my wife and kids were more worried about me being out 10 days in the
middle of nowhere with a stranger than I was.
My son said to me before I left; "Well Dad, if you're going to get screwed,
I hope it's with a bear for your sake!"
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:

Willi

I agree. I just returned from a Canadian fishing trip, and the only other
guy in the lodge other than my wife and I remarked that the camp where he
normally stays is full of a**h****, to which I thought, "yeah, and one
less than normal". Tom is a brave soul to take pot luck on a 9 day fishing
partner, although I will say that 95% of the folks I have met at fishing
camps have been folks I would gladly fish with again. That 5% though would
be almost enough to make me hang up my rod forever.

Jim Ray


I think my wife and kids were more worried about me being out 10 days in the
middle of nowhere with a stranger than I was.
My son said to me before I left; "Well Dad, if you're going to get screwed,
I hope it's with a bear for your sake!"
-tom




I remember Susan's comment before my first Clave - You're going to go
fishing with a group of guys you just met on the INTERNET!!!!

However, I figured that as long as they weren't homicidal maniacs or
some such, I could just drive off and go fishing on my own. However, on
a 9 day float with one raft, that isn't an option.

Willi

On 7/19/06 7:57 PM, in article , "Willi"
wrote:

I remember Susan's comment before my first Clave - You're going to go
fishing with a group of guys you just met on the INTERNET!!!!

I haven't met many of the wives, but I think I managed to snow Robyn Johnson
pretty good last month. She is now under the impression that I'm a mild
mannered, poetry reading, red wine sipping librarian from Cleveland.

HAH!

Bill

William Claspy typed:
On 7/19/06 7:57 PM, in article ,
"Willi" wrote:

I remember Susan's comment before my first Clave - You're going to go
fishing with a group of guys you just met on the INTERNET!!!!

I haven't met many of the wives, but I think I managed to snow Robyn
Johnson pretty good last month. She is now under the impression that
I'm a mild mannered, poetry reading, red wine sipping librarian from
Cleveland.

Damn! You *ARE* good! You even had me fooled.
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TL,
Tim
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