Well Done!!!! Can't wait to see more photos!

Right on, Doc!

Your essay will be very entertaining and am looking forward too it!

Nice!

Check out these two platinum chum BUCKS! In the right light, some of these chums were actually purple on the back, mixed in with a little metallic aqua and pink. My camera just doesn't do these fish justice.

seems to be hooked well outside the mouth too. seems the eye doc missed that. yea the fish is bright to bad it's not a fair caught fish...

TSK TSK TSK

Must be what they call "silver brights" cuz nobody will pay 12.99lb for Chum...
Looks like a whole bunch of fun !!!

That's what the amputated hook shank and Spectra trailer is all about.

Don't cha know I "floss" nearly all of the biters in my favorite fisheries with a trailing hook?

Those chum back colors you describe can almost be discerned in the first pic. Perhaps a "close" close-up could bring those colors to light???

Did you sample them as table fare? I've heard those chrome Alaskan chums can actually cut pretty well. Certainly not like the specimens we have down here are they?

Looking forward to the rest of the pics.

Nice coho, Doc.

Yep... even at a flyfishing camp, I couldn't help but revert to the Dark Side.

Very Cool Doc Looks like you survived another year in AK in your normal stellar fashion!

Welcome home!

I'd like to see more pics, ya know, for proofs sake.

Here's a battle sequence with a chunky platinum chum that I hooked as the big gangly black/purple fly was swinging mid-river. Thought for sure it would be a king... until it showed its subtly striped flanks and toothless grin. (Kinda weird seeing chums without those huge snaggly choppers!)

By mid-day, a stiff head wind was blowing directly cross-current in the blazing sun. That effectively put the kings out of my reach as they hunkered down for shelter in the deep slot on the FAR side directly across from the fly bar. Time to target chrome chums swarming upriver in steady pods on our side of the bar! Big bucks flashing toothless grins... hard to believe they were chums! The purple and turquoise hues on their backs was especially prominent on the hens.

Closed the chum fest with a surprise wide-shouldered sockeye buck.

I like the boat.

Was it just me or did this set off everyone's GAYDAR alarms???

Jesus doc no shirt and pink earmuffs in an Alaskan fish camp. WTF were you thinkin...I am afraid this one is gona come back to haunt ya

only pics of hot chicks in camp will save you now!!!!

Welcome Home

At Camp Spey Pride? What did you expect?

Shoulda seen when I showed up for the buffet breakfast with a pair of K-16 KwikFish stuck in my hat.

OK OK.... Girl pics in the next segment.... but ain't no way I'm topping TRBO's avatar.

Notice how we Lowe Holed the boat right above us?

Kinda ruffled that other guide's feathers.