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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Soldotna Creek Quiz

Long time no post.  Probably won’t be getting any better till there is something to talk about or show.  Ryan, Judy, Nina and an as yet unnamed future draft choice are arriving tomorrow, so things should get interesting soon.

Fishing is slow but I’m not putting in many hours yet.  Here are a series of photos of the 11 river access stairs at Soldotna creek park.  Taken yesterday, they show the river bank with the water level around 2 feet lower than usual.  This allows a unique opportunity to select the best areas for red fishing next month.  So anyone coming up then should commit these spots to memory.  Or in Rogers case, look at them once and immediately forget what river this is.


Here is stair one, furthest downstream, a good spot that has picked up a few trees that may still be around in July.



Here is next one up stream, #2.  Should be decent drift, may be hard to walk around.



Here is #3.  May be hard to walk.


Here is view from #4.  May be impossible to get in water or walk, plus lots of snags.



Here is #5. Great drift and space to walk.



Here is #6.  Good access and drift.




Here is #7.  Handicap site, may have room for one good spot downstream in the water.



Here is #8.  May be hard to get into water if it comes up much, and lots of snags.



Here is #9.  Snag city.



Here is #10.  A small wood stair, not a good drift.



Here is Soldotna creek where it flows into the Kenai.  Generally not fishable for Reds.

OK, sports fans, that's the story.  Study up, there will be a quiz.

 Till later.