Arctic Blast 1986 for me....................

Was gearing up to fish the Sky at Ted's when Rieter Rat tells me it's much too cold to fish the rivers. Suggested I try Ft. Casey and then proceeds to sell me the silliest looking spin-n-glow/hootchie thing I'd ever seen. The next day a friend and I are standing on a deserted beach in 15 degree weather and 20 mile an hour winds. It was crazy in that the surf was blowing and freezing so that all the driftwood was covered in about a foot of ice. As I was reeling in I could see my hootchie in a big wave when it dissappears. I set the hook, the wave crashes and recedes leaving a little 7# nate flopping on the beach. I never did feel a thing.

Retreated to a log shelter and polished off the last of the Yukon Jack!

First river fish the following summer on the Sky. Much bigger and meaner!
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