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    Streams of Dreams: Best of Bush Alaska
    Streams of Dreams: Best of Bush Alaska
    Streams of Dreams: Best of Bush Alaska
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    Streams of Dreams: Best of Bush Alaska

    By Douglas C. Myers

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    The angler edition contains the same text as Fishing Alaska's Wild without photo illustrations. It is designed primarily for text reading devises. The full text ebook reflects the same passion for Alaska's wilderness, wildlife, and sport fishing as the author's other writings.
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    Alaskan author Doug C. Myers is a former owner of a sport fishing lodge located in remote Southwest Alaska. Myers writes of his fishing/wildlife adventures on wild rivers of the Bering Sea and Bristol Bay Regions, Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, and less secluded Kenai Peninsula. Detailed attention is given to fishing upper Kenai River reds (sockeye salmon) and Arctic grayling.

    To read Fishing Alaska's Wild is to take a virtual trip to the fisherman's 'last frontier' - a timeless treasure experienced by a fortunate few. For some it provides the vicarious realization of an elusive dream. Episodes of catching Alaska salmon are included in several chapters - king (chinook), red (sockeye), chum (dog), pink (humpy), and silver (coho) salmon. A saga account of the salmon's migratory pattern and metamorphic change leading to instinct's spawning ritual is also included. Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, northern pike, herring, and halibut are also featured.

    Included also is time spent with Native friends at their subsistence fish camp on the shoreline of a designated 'wild and scenic' river in Southwest Alaska. From ancient privilege to wildlife observations and encounters to sport fishing highlights, the ebook emphasizes Alaska's greatest resource - the spirit of adventure.

    The book's contents includes: Katmai Wilderness Drama, Rainbow Reward, Ancient Privilege, Appointment With Kings, Migration Spectacle, Prospecting Silver, Treasured Island Jewel, Wilderness Extravaganza (A River Runs Red), Arctic Splendor, Final Cast Retrieve, and Extending The Journey.

    You will learn about sport fishing experiences that will more than wet your appetite for your own adventure, whether in Alaska or out your own back door.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDouglas C. Myers
    Release dateMar 1, 2017
    ISBN9781370186754
    Streams of Dreams: Best of Bush Alaska
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    Douglas C. Myers

    Doug Myers was born in California, raised in Oregon, and in Southern California and Washington State served professionally as a licensed counseling therapist with agencies and in private practice settings. Doug completed graduate studies in Southern California where he earned a master's degree in theology and a doctorate degree in counseling psychology. In Southern California he worked in a holistic care setting as a counseling therapist for the Beverly Hills Doctors Hospital. While working in the Seattle area he received additional post-graduate training with the Institute for Bio-Energetic analysis of New York. Doug served as Director of Family Court while working with divorcing couples and families, and consultant to the Court of Domestic Relations in Washington State.Doug later became joint owner of a rustic fish camp located on a remote river in Southwest Alaska. His adventures were shared with Native friends at their historic village site in the Bristol Bay Region. Visits to Bristol Bay and other distant areas of the Bering Sea, Alaska Peninsula, and Kodiak island offered cultural insights, fascinating sport fishing experiences, and close encounters with some of Alaska's renowned brown bear.As an Alaskan author Myers' goal is to share Alaska's intrigue, including its scenic treasure, Native culture, and wildlife adventure. His counseling and communications background encourages a sensitive narrative style of meaningful wilderness journeys leading to soulful discoveries. Myers' passions also include photography and illustrative art, which are incorporated in his writings and publications.Recent writings include a rhythmic poetic style that is thematic in content, e.g., Character, Family, Lifestyle, Love, and Nature.

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      Streams of Dreams - Douglas C. Myers

      Streams of Dreams

      Best Of Bush Alaska

      By

      Douglas C. Myers

      Copyright 2010 - All Rights Reserved

      Published by Adventure Alaska Ltd – Smashwords Edition

      License Notice: This special interest illustrated ebook is licensed for your personal reading pleasure. I hope you discover it to be insightful and inspirational.

      Foreword

      Casting in wild rivers where heart-throbbing moments are immortalized! Author Doug Myers combines his varied background as author, artist, Alaska lodge owner, and sport fishing enthusiast. The book reflects his passion for Alaska's wilderness environment and its fishing opportunities. Doug is a long time friend and we have been able to cook up several adventures in the last frontier. One of the chapters is about our time together while fishing for herring in the Togiak Bay part of Bristol Bay and distant Security Cove. I also fished with Doug at his wilderness fishing lodge and especially appreciated his close relationships with Natives downriver.

      You will enjoy Doug's insights about Alaska's wildlife. Similar to his art his writings paint pictures of personal experiences with brown bear, caribou, moose, fox, and a variety of waterfowl and fish. His observations of salmon during the spawning ritual are fascinating.

      Streams of Dreams will give you access to a very special and wild country. Whether you are an angler or some other kind of outdoor enthusiast I believe you will enjoy his personal stories. You will learn about sport fishing experiences that will more than wet your appetite for your own adventure, whether in Alaska or out your own back door.

      Dan F. Barr

      President, Bristol Bay Driftnetters Association

      Reader's Comments

      Your book was very interesting to read. I have fished Alaska waters for many years. I know from my own fishing that your experiences are well written. - Larry Connolly, Air Force Retired, AK/AZ

      Myself and my buddy Jeff loved your book. Thank you!. Someday I hope to visit your land! - Marque Kelsey - Nature Photographer and Jeff Smith - Screenplay Writer, CA

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Reader's Comments

      Author

      Preview

      Introduction

      Katmai Wilderness Drama (Bristol Bay Region)

      Pursuit of Promise ~ Fish Camp Impressions ~ Fishing with Feeling

      Rainbow Reward (Bering Sea Region)

      Ambitious Dreams Realized

      Ancient Privilege (Bristol Bay Region)

      Seeking Subsistence ~ Sounds of Silence

      Appointment with Kings (Bristol Bay Region)

      Adrenaline Rush for Two ~ Trapper Cabin Intrigue ~ Upriver Renewal ~

      A King Connection ~ Ancient Gathering Place

      Migration Spectacle (Alaska Peninsula)

      Youthful Pleasures Revisited ~ Symphony of Sounds ~ Silver Lining ~ Village Artifacts

      Prospecting Silver (Togiak Bay / Bering Sea)

      Marine Route to Riches ~ Nautical Gamblers

      Treasured Island Jewel (Kodiak Island)

      Adorned with Silver ~ Bear Essentials ~ Bearing Success ~ Angler Risk and Reward

      Wilderness Extravaganza (Kenai Peninsula)

      Pleasure and Sacrifice ~ A River Runs Red ~ To Bear or Not to Bear

      Fantastic to Fanatic ~ Trail's End

      Arctic Splendor (Kenai Peninsula)

      When Gray is Golden ~ Kenai Mountain High

      Final Cast and Retrieve

      Extending the Journey

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Contact Information

      Author

      An Alaskan resident, Douglas C. (Doug) Myers, was raised in Oregon, where trout fishing on the McKenzie River in the Cascade Range was an indulgence revisited each spring. During academic pursuits in Southern California he remained committed to his fishing avocation. He learned the art of fly-casting on renown Hot Creek in the distant Sierra Nevada Range, and fished extensively clear-flowing trout streams throughout the Eastern High Sierras. His return to the Northwest supported professional objectives and provided fishing opportunities for resident and migrating salmon in waters of Puget Sound. He also fished the famed Skykomish and Stillaguamish Rivers for migrating steelhead trout.

      Prior to living in Alaska Myers served professionally many years in agency and private practice settings. His tenure in the state of Washington included Director of Family Court, Snohomish County Court of Domestic Relations. He also served as a consultant and counseling therapist encouraging reconciliation, personal growth, and relationship sensitivity.

      Myers later became joint owner of a rustic fishing lodge on a remote river bank in Southwest Alaska. It was an adventure opportunity of the heart that embraced wild Alaska's virgin landscape and Native friends at their historic village sites. These visits and others in areas of the Bering Sea, the Alaska Peninsula, and Kodiak Island offered cultural insights, fascinating sport-fishing experiences, and close encounters with Alaska’s renowned brown bear. Alaska’s Southcentral Susitna drainage and Kenai Peninsula regions also provided the author with pleasure to his arm as a sport fisherman and inspiration to his eye as photographer and artist.

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      Romancing the jewel that is Alaska! Streams of Dreams is written about fishing adventures and Native culture discoveries on remote rivers flowing to the Bering Sea, Bristol Bay, Gulf of Alaska, and Cook Inlet. A variety of wildlife encounters are detailed with each fishing expedition. The various episodes include fishing for chinook (king), sockeye (red), humpy (pink), coho (silver), and chum (dog) salmon. A saga account of the salmon's migratory pattern up the famed Kenai River and metamorphic change leading to instinct's spawning ritual is also included. Fishing for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, Arctic grayling, northern pike, halibut, and herring share in the narrative accounts. A variety of wildlife encounters are detailed with each fishing expedition, especially with Alaska's brown bear. Native subsistence efforts and hospitality receives related attention.

      Introduction

      Sport fishermen are among the heartfelt in Alaska. For these anglers of fortune childhood dreams of fishing excursions are resurrected. Visions of playful tight lines stimulate the heart of a fisherman beyond all other considerations. Neither cold, wind, mud flats, or swift current can deter the river angler. Only an occasional meandering bear guided by the smell of success will interrupt the casting rhythm of a dedicated fisherman.

      Chorus line utterances of Fish On! are especially arousing when echoed along the richest of Alaska river shorelines. For the patient angler ecstasy is discovered when braced against an arched fishing rod directed by the zigzag cutting movement of a tight line. Repeated surface splashing enhances an angling ensemble that includes the zinging sound of a drag tested reel. Colorful trout of golden, brown, and rainbow-crimson caught in mountain streams elsewhere may become a faded memory when battling Alaska's king size migrating salmon with shades of red, pink, or silver.

      Exploring untamed regions of Southwest and Southcentral Alaska was a personal quest of a spirited connection through discovery. It was passion’s palate savoring adventure’s vintage wine sipped from a wilderness goblet. Selected memoir accounts reveal affectionate disclosures of remote Alaska’s Native people, habitat, and wildlife.

      The narrative is written for the outdoor devotee, culturally curious, and searching romantic who embrace the suspense in wild and reverence for the pristine and historic. For some, it provides the vicarious realization of an elusive dream. All will feel the freshness in new discovery. Stitched throughout the written fabric are soulful revelations couched in metaphors and imagery.

      Each descriptive narrative is a fascination with the innocence of wild in new discovery. The courage to crave is a requisite for living an inspired and stimulated life. Wild Alaska has touched the heart of the author as does a seductive maiden's call and embrace. Inspiration has led to dedication. The reward has been Nature’s warm caress as she beckons to her bosom with the youthful innocence and modesty of a virgin.

      Clothed in natural beauty, the undisturbed habitat is

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