Original subtitles

MIKE: TROUT FISHING IN OCTOBER,

IT'S THE HUNT FOR THE BIG FISH.

TONY: THAT'S A HOG THERE, BUD.

MIKE: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT BIG NUMBER DAYS,

YOU'RE LOOKING MORE FOR FISH THAT YOU DON'T FIND

ANYWHERE ELSE.

TONY: THE RIVERS THAT WE NORMALLY FISH,

THE BIG THREE WHICH I WOULD CALL PROBABLY THE KVICHAK,

THE NAKNEK, AND THE KENAI, PROBABLY HARBOR SOME OF THE

LARGEST TROUT IN THE STATE.

MIKE: THERE IT IS. TONY: YOU GOT ONE?

THEY'VE GOT THESE LARGE LAKE SYSTEMS IN THOSE PARTICULAR

LAKES THE FISH HAVE A NATAL HOME JUST LIKE A STEELHEAD

WOULD IN THE OCEAN.

LOOK DOWN THE FISH, MIKE.

MIKE: THOSE FISH HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE ENTIRE FALL

AND YOU'RE IN THAT HUNT FOR A BIG FISH.

TONY: THAT'S THE TIME I LIKE TO BE THERE.

THE LATER IT IS, THE BETTER I LIKE IT.

[WIND GUSTS]

MIKE: I WAS AT A POINT IN LIFE WHERE I WAS

READY FOR A CHANGE.

FISHING WAS MY PASSION.

I WANTED TO TRY TO SHARE MY PASSION AND HELP OTHERS,

AND A FLY SHOP SEEMED LIKE A FUN,

LOGICAL WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

WELL, YOU BEEN FISHING?

- YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.

MIKE: HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT

AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND GO FISHING,

SEEING PEOPLE SUCCEED AND THEIR SMILES WHEN THEY

COME BACK IN, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR

HOW THAT MAKES A GUY FEEL.

TONY: THE DIAMETER SHOULD BE GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT

OF THE DIAMETER OF THE TIP OF YOUR FLY LINE.

MIKE: I FIRST MET TONY JUST SHORTLY AFTER

I BOUGHT THE SHOP.

TONY: I NEVER DROP MORE THAN FIVE POUNDS OR

FIVE-THOUSANDTHS BETWEEN STEPS.

I DO SCHOOLS WITH MIKE AT THE SHOP.

WE DO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE CLIENTS IN THE SHOP.

THESE ARE GREAT.

THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN OLD CHRIS BATTON STYLE BOOK,

EVERYWHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO.

MIKE AND I LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN

OUR LOCAL AREA BASICALLY AS AN EDUCATION THINK TANK.

HAND IS LOOSE, HAND IS LOOSE.

PINCH FROM BEHIND THE LINE, DROP IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT YOU HAVE STUMBLING BLOCKS IN

YOUR GAME AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING

SO SMALL CAN TRIP YOU UP, THAT ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY

SHOW YOU AND ACTUALLY EXPLAIN IT TO YOU,

YOU GO "WOW" I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT REALLY TRIPPED ME UP.

SEE HOW I'M PINCHING THE LINE?

I'M ACTUALLY SHORTENING THE LINE HERE.

MIKE: TONY IS A VERY EDUCATED ANGLER, HE'S VERY TECHNICAL,

VERY GOOD FLY TIER, VERY GOOD CASTER.

HE'S A LOT OF FUN TO BE AROUND.

TONY: I'M GOING TO PULL THAT DOWN.

NINE FEET, THREE, TWO, ONE, THREE.

MIKE, CAN YOU HAND ME A BIG FLY OVER THERE?

WE BOTH LOVE EDUCATING, TEACHING, BUT ALSO LEARNING.

YOU'RE ALWAYS LEARNING, THE KNOWLEDGE

IS ALWAYS EXPANDING.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT FISHING OFFERS YOU AND

ALASKA HAS IT ALL REALLY.

WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF HERE THAT HASN'T BEEN EXPLORED.

I GOT UP TO ABOUT 60 TO 70 RIVERS AND I REALIZED THAT

I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THIS LIFETIME TO DO THEM ALL.

MIKE: THERE HE IS.

TONY: IT JUST MAKES IT A CHALLENGE AND THAT'S THE

BEAUTY OF BEING LOCATED HERE IS THAT I HAVE ACCESS

TO A LOT OF TERRITORY AND A LOT OF RIVERS.

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[ZIPPING] [RUSTLING]

I'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW IN MY LIFE WHERE

I WANT TO FISH WITH PEOPLE OF LIKE MIND.

WHEN I'M FISHING WITH MIKE, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO

MEET IN THE MIDDLE.

MAKES IT ENJOYABLE TO HANG OUT WITH A GUY THAT

SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE.

MIKE: ALL THE REPORTS HERE OF LATE IS BLACK

IS THE FLY TO HAVE.

SO, I THINK WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF BLACK TO CHOOSE FROM.

TONY: MIKE AND I ARE GOING TO BE FISHING

ON THE NAKNEK RIVER.

IT'S IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA.

MIKE: I'VE GOT THREE SPEY RODS IN THIS TUBE HERE.

GETTING READY FOR A TRIP LIKE THIS, IT'S EXCITING.

THIS IS A VARIATION OF AN OWL GREEN.

I'M USUALLY TYING FLIES LAST MINUTE,

TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT JUST IS

GOING TO BE THE ONE.

INSTEAD OF HAVING A BLACK BODY,

WE'VE GOT A PURPLE BODY.

TONY: MIKE AND I ARE GOING TO BE FLYING FROM ANCHORAGE

TO KING SALMON.

MIKE: GOING OUT TO SEE BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO GO ON TRIPS LIKE THIS.

[ENGINE REVVING]

TONY: WHEN WE GET OFF THE PLANE, FOR SOME REASON,

I THOUGHT WE HAD TWO DOGS ON THE PLANE,

BUT ACTUALLY THEY WERE TWO SEALS THAT HAVE

BEEN REHABILITATED.

MIKE: I'VE SEEN LOTS OF SEALS IN MY LIFE IN ALASKA,

I'VE NEVER SEEN TWO SEALS IN DOG CRATES.

DISPATCHER: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO--

[LAUGHS]

TONY: WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A LODGE THAT ALLOWS US ACCESS.

MIKE: COME OCTOBER TIME FRAME,

THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTFITTERS ARE ALREADY

DONE FOR THE YEAR.

GOING TO A LODGE IS REALLY YOUR ONLY REAL WAY OF GETTING

ON THE WATER TO FISH IT.

KVICHAK: ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS READY?

TONY: OUR GUIDE, KVICHAK, HE'S A LOCAL,

HE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT

SPENDING SOME DAYS ON THE RIVER WITH HIM.

KVICHAK: I'M KVICHAK ASPLEN, BORN AND RAISED HERE

IN KING SALMON, ALASKA.

MIKE: THANK YOU, SIR.

KVICHAK: HEY, YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, NOW TIME FOR THAT BIG ONE NOW.

MIKE: TIME FOR THE BIG ONE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE SCREWING AROUND.

KVICHAK: MIKE AND TONY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

WELL EXPERIENCED FISHERMEN.

A LOT OF IT IS JUST LAYING A GROUND MAP FOR THE NAKNEK.

KIND OF TELL THEM OH THERE'S A GOOD DROP HERE,

IT KIND OF DEEPENS UP HERE.

JUST KIND OF SITTING BACK AND LETTING THEM DO THEIR THING.

MIKE: WE REALLY RELIED ON KVICHAK TO KIND OF GET

A FEEL FOR THE RIVER.

TONY: THERE WAS A CERTAIN SPOT IN THE RIVER

THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE FISHED.

WE RELIED ON KVICHAK, SAID HEY WE SHOULD PROBABLY TRY

THIS BECAUSE WE KNEW THE FISH WERE MOVING FURTHER DOWN.

MIKE: TONY TOOK THE INSIDE EDGE AND THEN I, COMING

IN BEHIND HIM, I STARTED TO WADE OUT FURTHER.

ONCE I GOT IN TO WHERE I WAS STARTING TO SWING

THAT FLY DOWN INTO THESE LITTLE POCKET BUCKETS,

THAT'S WHEN I STUCK THE FIRST FISH.

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MIKE: ONCE I GOT IN TO WHERE I WAS STARTING TO SWING

THAT FLY DOWN INTO THESE LITTLE POCKET BUCKETS

THAT WERE LAYING OUT THERE, THAT'S WHEN I STUCK

THE FIRST FISH.

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KVICHAK: OH-HO!

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

MIKE HAD THE RIGHT ANGLE ON HIM.

HE WAS RIGHT SET UP PERFECTLY FOR THOSE FISH.

THAT'S A NICE FISH, MIKE.

MIKE: I KIND OF STAYED MOVING OUT AND ON THAT LINE,

TARGETING THOSE COLORED WATER CHANGES.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

KVICHAK: I'M GOING TO GO 28.

MIKE: I WAS GOING TO SAY 27.

TONY: IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION,

YOU REALLY CAN'T OVER-WADE BECAUSE THE FISH

WERE REALLY FAR OUT.

NICE, GOOD JOB.

PRETTY MUCH THE LONGEST CAST THAT YOU CAN MAKE,

AND THAT WAS THE AREA THAT HE GOT THE FLY IN THE BOX

SO TO SPEAK AND HAD SOME SUCCESS.

KVICHAK: YEAH.

MIKE: I'M READING THE WATER, AND I'M TARGETING AREAS

WHERE I THINK FISH ARE GOING TO BE LAYING,

SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT PANS OUT.

TONY: ON IT, DUDE.

AWESOME, GOOD JOB.

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MIKE: WHEN I'M TARGETING THESE FALL RAINBOWS,

I TEND TO TARGET THEM WITH FLESH FLIES, WITH SCULPINS,

AND LEECH PATTERNS.

WHAT I'M TYING, IT'S KIND OF A VARIATION OF A WILLY NELSON

WHICH IS A LEECHY PATTERN.

WE CALL THESE FLIES LEECHES UP HERE,

WHAT WE'RE REALLY MIMICKING ARE LAMPREYS.

CATCHING A FISH ON YOUR OWN PATTERN,

IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT YOU CREATED

SOMETHING THAT TRICKED THEM, FAKING THEM OUT,

MAKING THEM THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING IT'S REALLY NOT.

IT'S PRETTY HARD TO FIND MUCH MORE GRATIFICATION

THAN KNOWING YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WHEN I TIE THESE FLIES FOR THE NAKNEK,

I DON'T WANT A REALLY LONG TAIL PAST THAT HOOK.

THOSE FISH ARE KNOWN TO COME UP FROM BEHIND A LOT,

AND IF I GET THAT TAIL TOO LONG,

I GET SHORT STRIKES AND I MISS.

THERE IT IS.

TONY: THE FLIES ARE AN IMPORTANT THING,

BUT HOW YOU FISH THE FLIES AND WHERE YOU FISH THEM

IS AS IMPORTANT AS JUST HAVING THE RIGHT PATTERN.

SOMEONE TOLD ME YEARS AGO THAT EVERY RIVER IN ALASKA

THAT GOES TO THE OCEAN HAS LAMPREYS,

AND YOU GREW UP HERE, RIGHT?

KVICHAK: OH YEAH.

TONY: YOU GUYS SEEN LOTS OF LAMPREYS, RIGHT?

KVICHAK: YEAH, CRAZY BIG ONES.

TONY: THIS IS BASICALLY A LAMPREY IMITATION.

KVICHAK: YEP.

TONY: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THEM SWIM?

KVICHAK: OH YEAH, IT'S CRAZY.

TONY: THEY GO LIKE THIS, THEY'RE LIKE A LITTLE SNAKE.

IF WE CAN GET THIS FLY TO DO THAT,

I THINK THAT'S THE TICKET.

YOU'VE GOT TO PUT A LITTLE ROD ACTION ON IT.

SO THE SPOT, IT HAS A LOT OF BRUSH BEHIND US.

THERE'S THESE BIG ROCKS, SO EVERY TIME YOU PUT

YOUR FOOT ON IT, YOUR ANKLE WANTS TO ROLL.

I WALKED AND FISHED THE WHOLE TOP SPOT,

BUT DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM SETTING UP THE RIGHT CAST

FOR THAT PARTICULAR SPOT WAS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT.

LITTLE BIT TOO FAR IN.

IF I GET OUT HERE THEN I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK

SO WANT TO BE RIGHT OUT ON THAT EDGE THERE,

KIND OF WEIGHING MY ODDS HERE.

THINK I CAN REACH IT.

THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT YOU CAN'T CAST SIX TIMES

OVER THAT SAME SPOT AND EXPECT TO PULL OF FISH,

ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE BAD CASTS.

AFTER TWO CASTS, I FINALLY GOT THE CAST THAT I WANT.

THERE WE GO, THAT'S THE ONE WE WANT.

THERE HE IS, THERE'S THE FISH I WANT.

[WATER LAPPING]

WOO!

THAT WAS EXACTLY WHERE KVICHAK SAID THAT THERE

SHOULD BE A FISH THERE.

YEAH, FISH OF A THOUSAND CASTS FOR SURE.

THIS IS A NICE ONE.

KVICHAK: THERE WE GO.

TONY: ALL RIGHTY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

KVICHAK: THAT'S A HEALTHY FISH.

TONY: YEAH.

KVICHAK: WOO.

TONY: THIS FISH HAS A FAIRLY PROMINENT RED STRIPE,

A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE NAKNEK FISH WHICH

ARE REALLY STEELHEAD LIKE.

SO, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN IN THE RIVER FOR A WHILE.

IT'S COLORED UP, IT HAS SOME NICE SPOTS ON THE TOP,

REALLY CLEAN FISH.

[WATER LAPPING]

TONY: SO, WE WENT DOWN TO A SPOT WE HAD FISHED A DAY BEFORE.

MIKE: WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS FISH THE DAY BEFORE,

WE DECIDED LET'S GO BACK DOWN AND LET'S GO AT THAT AGAIN.

TONY: THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

KVICHAK: DID YOU STICK ONE?

TONY: YEP.

HE'S WAY DOWN THERE.

I KNEW THERE WAS ONE IN THERE, I JUST KNEW IT.

IT'S ALMOST INTO MY BACKING.

THE BEAUTY OF THE RAINBOWS HERE IS THAT THEY'RE SO WILD.

THEY'RE STRONG, THEY'RE VIBRANT.

KVICHAK: HERE WE GO.

TONY: NICE LITTLE FATTY. KVICHAK: YEAH, SURE IS.

TONY: YOU THINK OF THIS REALLY ADAPTIVE ANIMAL.

IT ALMOST LENDS A MYSTIQUE TO IT.

MIKE: TROUT FISHING IN ALASKA IS A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE

FOR A TROUT FISHERMAN.

THERE WE GO, THERE IT IS.

TONY: GOT ONE, MIKEY?

MIKE: YOU CAN CATCH MORE FISH THAN YOU WOULD EVER DREAM OF.

YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH FISH MUCH BIGGER

THAN YOU MAY DREAM OF.

READY, TOM? TOM: YEAH.

TONY: NICE, WOO!

THAT'S A HOG THERE, BUD.

LOOK AT THAT BEAUTY.

[LAUGHS]

OH MY GOD.

I'M TELLING YOU THIS WILD ALASKAN RAINBOW IS REALLY

A UNIQUE FISH.

THE FACT THAT IT'S A STRONG-FIGHTING OUTLIER.

I'M CALLING HIM 30.

MIKE: ON THE NOSE.

TONY: YEP, RIGHT ON THE NOSE, BEAUTIFUL.

YOU HAVE NAKNEK FISH, KVICHAK FISH, UPPER TALARIK,

LOWER TALARIK, COPPER RIVER.

THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE BUT ALL THE SAME,

THAT'S REALLY THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THESE TROUT.

YOU HAVE ALL THIS DIVERSITY WITHIN THIS ONE SPECIES.

♪♪♪

[WATER RUSHING]

MIKE: THE BIGGEST REASON THAT I LIKE TO USE A TWO-HANDED ROD

ON A TRIP LIKE THIS IS WE'RE FISHING BIG WATER.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO COVER A LOT MORE AREA,

GET INTO TIGHTER POSITIONS, IT MAKES YOU A LITTLE

MORE EFFECTIVE.

♪♪♪

TONY: THE BRUSH STROKE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE

IS THE BRUSH STROKE OF THE PERFECT CAST.

SETTING THE CAST UP PROPERLY, EXECUTING THE CAST,

GETTING THE FLY, THE LEADER TO TURN OVER TO WHERE YOU

THINK THE FISH IS GOING TO BE WITH A FLY THAT YOU'VE

SELECTED AND TIED.

WHEN THAT ALL COMES TOGETHER, IT'S SATISFYING,

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST FISH.

THAT'S THE SATISFYING THING AS AN ANGLER FOR ME.

MIKE: SPEY CASTING TO ME IS A VERY ARTFUL,

VERY ENJOYABLE STYLE OF CASTING.

I'VE HAD DAYS WHERE THE FISHING IS PRETTY SLOW,

AND I JUST FIND MYSELF WORKING ON CASTING.

TONY: ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WITH SKAGIT CASTING OR

SPEY CASTING, OR WHETHER IT'S SCANDI OR ANY OF THE HYBRID

FORMS IS WATER TENSION.

MOST OF THE CASTS THAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS RIVER ARE

SUSTAINED-ANCHOR CASTS, THAT MEANS THAT THE FLY IS DUG IN

AND WE'RE CREATING, LOAD IN THE ROD THROUGH WATER TENSION.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS GOOD CASTS CATCH FISH,

YOU'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT, YOU'VE GOT TO PRESENT

THE FLY PROPERLY.

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NANCI: KING SALMON IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF VERY SMALL

VILLAGES THAT ARE SPREAD AROUND BRISTOL BAY.

WE HAVE AROUND 175 ALL YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW WHEN I FIRST CAME OUT TO

BRISTOL BAY WAS A REAL LACK OF ALASKANS INVOLVED

IN THE GUIDE INDUSTRY.

PRETTY MUCH 100 PERCENT OF THESE KIDS STARTED COMMERCIAL

FISHING BEFORE THEY EVER STARTED SPORTFISHING BECAUSE

THAT WAS HOW THEIR FAMILY MADE THEIR MONEY.

KVICHAK: MY WHOLE FAMILY STILL COMMERCIAL FISHES,

I GREW UP COMMERCIAL FISHING UNTIL

I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

NANCI: THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN A HUGE FACTION

OF WHAT WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING A VERY POPULAR

SPORTFISHING DESTINATION.

TONY: ACTUALLY ONCE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE,

SEE WHERE MY HANDS ARE HERE?

FISH AND GAME, AND SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE

SET PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOU NEED TO BE A GUIDE IN ALASKA,

BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO TRAINING.

NANCI: THE KIDS THAT GREW UP HERE DO GET INTO

SPORTFISHING BUT NOT NECESSARILY FLY FISHING.

TONY: I'M GOING TO KEEP MY HANDS INSIDE THE BOX, WATCH.

NANCI: IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T REALLY SHOW YOU HOW TO USE IT,

IT'S NOT AS EASY TO BECOME IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE

WITH EQUIPMENT.

SO, I STARTED THE GUIDE ACADEMY TO SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT

I ALREADY HAD FROM MY 20 PLUS YEARS OF GUIDING,

WITH A YOUNGER GENERATION THAT I SAW HAD HUGE POTENTIAL

FOR THE SPORTFISHING INDUSTRY OUT IN BRISTOL BAY.

KVICHAK: NANCI SET ME UP WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND I GOT

INVOLVED WITH WHAT THEY CALL THE BRISTOL BAY

GUIDE ACADEMY.

THE ACADEMY BROKE DOWN THE BASICS OF FLY FISHING

AS WELL AS CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH GUESTS.

WHAT REALLY INTERESTS ME ABOUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT

OF GUIDING IS GETTING OUT OF COMMERCIAL FISHING,

I MEAN IT'S A TOUGH INDUSTRY.

THE GUIDING ACADEMY HAS ALLOWED MORE OPTIONS

FOR THE YOUTH LIKE MYSELF GROWING UP HERE.

NANCI: ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS YOU GET

FROM HAVING GUIDES THAT ARE FROM THE AREA,

IS THEY HAVE AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE NOT JUST OF THE

AREA ITSELF, BUT OF THE STORIES BEHIND THE AREA.

ALL THOSE STORIES GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS

ENHANCING AN EXPERIENCE.

[LAUGHS]

TONY: THE NEAT THING ABOUT MEETING YOUNG GUYS

IS THAT THEY REMIND ME A LOT OF MYSELF.

I NORMALLY DON'T FISH WITH A LOT OF GUYS

THAT ARE MY SAME AGE.

I LOVE THE ENERGY, THAT'S MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

ENERGY COUNTS FOR A LOT, SO DOES ENTHUSIASM.

♪♪♪

MIKE: DAY THREE WAS A CHALLENGE.

IT MAKES YOU START TO WONDER LIKE, MAN,

WHAT DO WE GOT TO DO HERE?

JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S NO FISH LAYING IN HERE.

TONY: AFTER MARGINAL SUCCESS, WE DECIDED TO GO BACK

TO THE OTHER SPOT THAT WE HAD FISHED EARLIER.

THERE WE GO, THERE'S A FISH.

[REELING SOUNDS]

[WATER LAPPING]

GOT HIM, WOO.

THAT'S A TOADIE.

BOY, HE'S THICK, ISN'T HE?

KVICHAK: HE IS HUGE.

TONY: I PULLED A NICE FISH OUT OF THIS SPOT BUT IT JUST

WASN'T PRODUCING LIKE IT WAS.

I TOLD MIKE I WANT YOU TO TRY SOMETHING NEW,

I KNOW IT'S NOT IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE.

MIKE: WE FINALLY DECIDED TO GO ACROSS THE RIVER AND SWING

FLIES FROM OUT OF THE BOAT.

THEN WE FINALLY PRODUCED A FISH OUT OF THERE WHICH YOU

DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SWINGING TWO-HANDED

RODS OUT OF BOATS.

IT PAID OUT FOR US.

TONY: WE DID A LITTLE BOAT ASSIST AND MIKE CAUGHT

ONE NICE FISH THEN WE CALLED IT A DAY.

MIKE: IT WAS AN AWESOME TRIP.

[LAUGHS]

KVICHAK: OH MY GOD.

MIKE: WE CAUGHT SOME GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL FISH.

TONY: THERE HE IS.

WOO!

THE FISH WERE HERE, THE WEATHER COOPERATED.

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO DO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AND EVERYTHING

KIND OF CAME TOGETHER.

I WANT TO BE ON THE EDGE, I WANT TO BE ON THE NEW SIDE

OF THE NEW FISHERY THAT'S STARTING TO DEVELOP.

BUT IN ALASKA, IT'S SO VAST, YOU'LL NEVER DO IT ALL.

EVEN THOUGH YOUR BODY GETS OLDER,

THE TRUE MASTERY ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY BECOME A CRAFTSMAN

IN THIS ENDEAVOR THAT WE CALL FLY FISHING.

IT WAS BEHIND HIM, HE SPOOKED, NOW HE'S GOING AWAY,

YOU'VE GOT ONE LAST SHOT, TOO SHORT.

THE GAME GETS BETTER AS YOU GET OLDER.

THIS WAY OF LOOKING AT THE RIVER HAS REINVIGORATED ME

TO COMING BACK TO SOME OF THESE FISHERIES THAT NOW

I CAN APPROACH THEM FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

WE'LL BE BACK, WE WILL BE BACK.

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