September 8, 2009 Iskut, British Columbia, Canada Red Goat RV Park

We continue down the isolated Cassier. It's still raining, but the road is in much better condition. We only experience a few miles of gravel. The mountains, glaciers, rivers all continue. We were planning to go the the town of Hyder, Alaska. We were there in 07 and enjoyed watching the grizzlies. We ran into another couple traveling north from Hyder and they tell us the salmon run is over and so is the bear watching. So we decide to continue south the head east for Calgary.

We do get to experience 2 black bears on the side of the roads. They were so polite as to stop & pose for a photo op.

Our next stop is the town of Moricetown, BC. We found this place in 07 & want to see if the same thing is happening. Yes it is. The local Indians have build an intricate system of walkways that lead to a narrow part of a canyon waterfall. At the ends of the walkways, young Indian men reach down into the waterfall with long nets and pull out very large salmon. They beat in the head with a mallet to kill them, then they hand the salmon off to the women that measure & record them, then place them in a cooler. This is a legal way for the Aborigines to net salmon. Not very sporting is it?

We decide to stay in the town of Talkwa. The RV park looks nice and is right on the same river several miles upstream of the young Indian fishermen. We check in and ask about the fishing. The owner looks at us like we were not well informed. She said if it wasn't for the "World Class Steelhead" fishing they wouldn't be here. WOW! I didn't know what a steelhead was??? Apparently it's a type of trout that you have to throw back after you catch it. SO! Mikey does try to get a license, but the closest place is more that 30miles away. Here we are at the home of World Class Fishing and he's not able to do anything but watch. Think he's in a bad mood, well don't tell him that. LOL.