Posted in Bristol Bay, Uncategorized on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sage, Redington and Rio step up big for Bristol Bay.
Sage, Redington and Rio have committed a day of production from their Bainbridge factory to help support our film Red Gold (which is nearing completion by the way) and TU AK’s continued grassroot efforts to combat the proposed Pebble Mine. The triumvirate is not messing [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on October 25, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Quest fulfilled-the Bingham Canyon mine as seen from 10,500 feet. Note: there used to be mountains there. Photo by Ben Knight
As a child growing up in a trailer park, I was fond of big holes and
ditches. You know, things to hide in so I could ambush Isaac the
unsuspecting kid from next door. It was all [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on October 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
God damn that’s one big hole - Travis shoots the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah - Photo by Ben Knight
If you ever need to get in touch with Ben and need an immediate or timely response - start texting. Here is a dated exchange of ours from September as we tried to catch up [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on October 15, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Felt Soul Post Production Studios, AKA Ben’s bedroom. Telluride, Colorado.
The Red Gold trailer is here folks, check this bitch out: www.feltsoulmedia.com/RedGold_Trailer.mov
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I know, I know, it’s like we abandoned the blog as if it were that cute baby rabbit you begged for as child and then left [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on August 7, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Exhibit A: This is a photo that I’ve had in my head for months, and wasn’t sure if I’d ever get. I got it today. This is, without a doubt, the single most incredible thing I have ever seen in Mother Nature’s bag of tricks. Mind blowing. Tens of thousands of sockeye stacked three-deep in [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on August 2, 2007 | 10 Comments »
If you ask jet boat pilot Kris Kennedy how shallow he can take his skiff, he’ll tell you “five feet.” “I can make it across about five feet of dry gravel.” Kris is without a doubt one of the best sport fishing guides in Bristol Bay. His plan to save the area from mining is [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on August 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ben packin’ heat on bear patrol with a pipe full of slugs at camp on the Mulchatna river. It doesn’t take long in Alaska to get the feeling that you are the prey. Everything around you will do whatever it takes to survive. The salmon will swim until they literally rot and when the bears [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on July 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Jack Ross, our guide up to Lake Clark is an 82 year old fishing fanatic, he also is putting an addition on his house by himself using a chain saw to hand cut the wide cedar planks. He thought he might need some additional help with the roof. He makes me feel old, especially when [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on July 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Queen of Bristol Bay, Bella Hammond. Photo by Ben Knight
Lake Clark is a world of its own, crystal clear waters glowing green, mountains circling all around, so many fish every cast brings one in. Grayling, Lake Trout, pink stripes, winglike fins, and poka dots. And a lovely afternoon with Bella Hammond, wife of [...]
Posted in Bristol Bay on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
No Pebble waves high above drying sockeye in Nondalton. Photo by Lauren Oakes.
“I think I am really starting to smell,” I noted today, looking down at the same set of clothes I’ve been wearing since June. Ben noted, “Lauren, the swarm of flies actually cleared away from the fish when you moved [...]
