My goal as a wilderness fly-fishing and rafting guide is to be of help while you navigate between “peak experiences” in the Alaskan outback. I hope I have recorded some of your peak experiences in this year’s reports. After viewing this web version of the season report you can download the un-abridged report with more details & photographs. This report is created at season’s end from notes in my field journal, from your reflections after the trip, and from your photographs. The journals which I refer to in the text as a “log” have been more or less faithfully maintained for 30 years, based upon the Grinnell field note system, taught by zoologist Dr. Steven G. Herman.

It was extremely gratifying to host the fly-fishers who returned for a second, third or even tenth season including R.A., Hank, Richard, John, and Tommy. Moreover it was a great season for floating wild rivers with fathers/ mothers & sons teamed up. Special welcome to Alaska to Marc Heller and his son Sam, to Bob And Barb Holland with their 4 children and grandson Austin, to Hank & Francis Ashforth and son Gardner who celebrated their 25 anniversary, to John Merritt and son Tommy, to Chuck Magnus and son Ben. Again in 2007 I hosted both guided fly-fishing trips and wilderness film & photo-journalism trips. Special thanks to those photographers and writers who documented the season including Mr. R. Voss - photographer, Mr. R.A Beattie -filmmaker, Mr. J. Merritt -Fiction, Mr. M. Cuzio –filmmaker, Mr. M. Schaefer – photographer.

For those who will be fishing with Mark next year:

Planning the trip takes time: Start the process as soon as you can. Deploy your dollar resources thoughtfully on quality tackle and outerwear, more is not better, be fit, travel with essentials as "carry on bags", and if we are doing a low water trip- or a portage- be prepared to work hard to get to the best wild trout and salmon fishing in Alaska!