I lived in the lower panhandle of Alaska, Ketchikan, Wrangle, Petersburg and Prince of Wales Island, for close to 6 years and I'll never forget the several times I was literally "chased" out of the water by black bears during the Steelhead and Coho runs. Scared the living bejesus out of me. When fishing country where there's a problem with bears, I now carry a 44 Mag with hollow points in a shoulder holster. I've never had to use it and hope to God that I never will.
Rodney... NREMT - Paramedic Life is too short, go fishing... ----- Original Message ----- From: DonO To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: [VFB] Flyfishing personal protection To those who fish in bear country, esp. grizzly country, which I guess would be the Central to Northern Rockies, Canada, and Alaska... Do you carry personal protection while fishing remote areas? In what form? Spray, hand-cannon, etc.? DonO
