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Alaska fishing and flying video

We took advantage of a rare cloudbreak that lasted several days and flew to Alaska's outer coast . The fishing was great!

http://vimeo.com/50449207
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That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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VMC,
That was great. Excellent job with the video. Hope to see more videos soon.
You still in Talkeetna?

Ken in Alaska
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Great video. =D>

But what do you folks do for FUN in Alaska! :lol:
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Thanks for the comments. Yes I'm in AK Ken. Did we meet at Burwash YT?
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Enjoyed every second of that video!! Even scared the heck outa me for a second!!
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Vmc:

Thanks for posting this. Have wanted to get to AK for the longest time. That video gives me a lot of motivation. Maybe 2013 will be the year.

Any of those fishing spots accessible with wheels??

Thanks!! Larry
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That video was amazing, thank you so much for sharing that!!!
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VMC,

We never meet in YT. I have been in Talkeetna a few times.
Meet up with a few pilots there. Great fishing.

Fly safe. Ken
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Great vid. Cute gal. I'm pretty jealous. Of the fishing and flying, that is. Got my own cute gal. :)

I enjoyed your other videos on Vimeo too, especially the Chulitna gravel bar T&G's.
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Very jealous :D have fallen in love with your Alaska. +1 on the Zzzz comments on Chulitna
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Did you see that bear coming or was it a surprise?

Good video!

Here is the Chulitna video as it should be on here as well.

http://vimeo.com/34262203

... looks as though that Maule is out perfoming the Cub... :shock:

Post some more please

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Totally dug the video... the action and the edit! One of the very coolest things you have going for you is your special significant other loves what you love. That's priceless.
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Re: Alaska fishing and flying video

Thanks again for the kind comments, they inspire us.

88H - The fishing places in the video are not wheel accessible. The lagoon is in a tidal zone with soft ground. Our base camp was a 20 minute flight away at a location with no salmon and fewer bears. There is a landable saltwater beach there at low tide, but no safe haven for a wheel plane because the beach steepens and terminates in walls of massive driftwood. Assured destruction if you can't fly back out! I don't like those kind of beaches. The outer coast is savage. I know of a few good wheel places in Southcentral/Southwest AK for fishing that I can recommend if you fly up.

aktahoe1 - There were a number of bears that were not happy about losing their fishing spot. A few bears moved stealthily around us in the tall grass but I wasn't aware of this bear until it lunged at my fish. Bold SOB! The sound of a flopping salmon must be unbearable for them. I wasn't willing to let it have my fish because I really wanted it and I didn't want the bear to associate people with food. You may have noticed the bugs were fierce!

Spinner - You are so right!
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That video was amazing.

Do you also post to you tube? if you do I will subscribe.
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Incredible!

So, when is Z going to organize a BCP Alaska trip?
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Pundy wrote:Incredible!

So, when is Z going to organize a BCP Alaska trip?


I can barely organize a local flight for one. 8)
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BigNickMontana - Yes we do have a YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TalkeetnaFilms?feature=mhee
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