He’s actually a famous long time and now retired AK guide. Very crusty and eccentric, without doubt! He also has tons of record book kills of every species up there. Multiples. And known for being a fussy fanatic. I’ll have to look him up. The real story from that trip was the enormous king salmon I caught the day before the grizzly encounter, and because I followed the huge fish into the whitewater so it wouldn’t break off, I almost drowned after a quarter mile swim-submersion-multiple spin cycles through the whitewater and strainers in my waders. My frozen, limp rag doll carcass washed up with the broken rod next to the flopping salmon on a sandbar where the river takes a hard left, and a guide who used to advertise in Traditional Archery magazine had just stepped off his boat after his own epic sail from Kodiak Island all the way up to south central AK, and he leapt on the salmon to keep it from getting away while I was lying there retching up water and watching a brown haze tunnel closing in on me. Him and his two buddies from Vietnam then dragged me up onto the bank, made a fire, got my waders off, and laid me next to the flames with my one arm draped over the salmon, which died in my grasp. Eventually our guide showed up white faced. “I’ve never lost a client before. Let’s not do that again.” Definitely a close call but it got my picture in Field & Stream magazine. To answer your next question, no I am not smart, but I have a lot of spirit, which is how other outdoorsmen like Jeremy also end up in these unbelievable situations. The thrill of these wild places is intoxicating.
and THATS how clients get separated or injured or drowned, or, or, or! good on ya for hanging in there, there was just plenty of downside on THAT particular course of action. makes a great story if you survive it tho.
I see what I am buying tonight: https://www.grizzlydude.ca/product/...ear-attack-signed-copy-/12?cs=true&cst=custom
