Locomotoring

Lulu is daughter of Speedy and was born in 2015. We were in the middle of Chilkat river, where the river is barely waist high. The cubs are too young to get in the river, so Lulu is fishing for them. The river is turquoise green, colored by the glacier melt, making it harder to see the salmon. Salmon, mostly pink salmon, are trying to spawn and we are trying to flyfish. Our flyfishing guides were experienced and cautious, making sure we were out of harm’s way. But once I realized that Lulu won’t go too far from her cubs, I relaxed. During the 90 minutes of fishing, we saw Lulu and her cubs on both sides of the river. They crossed over the Weir. It was a few hundred feet behind us. We eventually saw her catch a salmon and take it back to her cubs. In the same time, we caught a salmon each as well.

Read more about threat to the river due to mining activities.