Tele Aadsen

writer - fisherman - listener

Halcyon

The ocean got Hal­cy­on on Open­ing Day.  July 1, we had our gear in the water by 3:30. Five miles off­shore, it was windy that morn­ing. Chop­py seas, wet air, vis­i­bil­i­ty less than a mile, every­thing steely gray. When the first fish of the sea­son...

Change

         The water was warm last sum­mer. Dixon Entrance to Sit­ka, South­east Alas­ka felt eeri­ly bar­ren – no bait, no birds. All July & August, the coho were skit­tish, unwill­ing to school up or set­tle into...