2003
CRYOTECH, supplier of runway and aircraft deicing fluids to airports and airlines, conducted meetings over a three-day trip, meeting at the Vancouver International Airport, flying in a Shorts 360 to Campbell River, and enjoying salmon fishing out of PAINTERS LODGE via Boston Whalers with guides on the open water. A photographic journal of the 2003 trip appears below.
The early birds meet at the Flying Beaver Bar & Grill to break the ice and watch seaplanes land
THEN . . . It’s off via Pacific Coastal Shorts 360 to Campbell River
The fishermen, on arrival at Painter’s Lodge:
Amer
Bean
Billy
Dennis
Doug
Frank
Gregg
Kevin
Mike 2
Mike 1
Peter
RK
Scott
(Notice the lack of sunburn on all these guys)
No one is sunburned yet and the ice isn’t quite broken for all . . . But, after a couple, we hit the dock for our first fishing adventure: 4 hours, from 3:00 to 7:00 pm
Peter gets the guide assignments and we all head out to fish the first day!
Spanky, our guide extraordinaire, was always in a good mood
Nothing like getting off on the right track . . .
AND, nothing like catching your first salmon
Here’s some of the first-day victors . . .
And then it was a meeting at the bar after our first outing to discuss the day’s catches . . . Just how big were those fish, anyway?
Then, we move out on the veranda for more drinks and a fisherman’s toast . . .
Then, it was back to the rooms to get ready for dinner
See next page for day two
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