thanks for the humboldt

[Metals406]

Speaking of brushy. . . I should drive up Beaver creek in the Swan Valley this summer, and take some pics of where we logged some years ago.

The Yew Brush was 8' tall, you had to either crawl through it, or try and walk on top of it. The cutters and us had a hell of a time. . . Bushiest job I was ever on. That Yew Brush eats you up too, not as bad as a Blackberry grove, but still bad enough.

 

[tramp bushler]

On big reason I don,t like running a 36" bar is you throw the chain alot more than a 32" when cutting a trail to your next tree thru the fukleberry brush .......Thats huckle berry and blue berry combined to make your life un endurable if your stuck in a patch of the stuff ... Ya just got to cut a trail sometimes ........You only get alot of brush from the over ripe stands as they let in the sunlight so the brush can grow ..........Prince William Sound has some bad buggy areas .......In a worst case senario use a head net and cover up every thing .......Can,t cut with a head net , so the bug eye, or bugz ,Screen goggles are best .... When working hard you don,t really feel them bite you ......Some places it,s buggy , some places it ain,t .................Hammer , your prolly eating supper and I,m on my way to work ..

 

[Greystoke]

On big reason I don,t like running a 36" bar is you throw the chain alot more than a 32" when cutting a trail to your next tree thru the fukleberry brush .......Thats huckle berry and blue berry combined to make your life un endurable if your stuck in a patch of the stuff ... Ya just got to cut a trail sometimes ........You only get alot of brush from the over ripe stands as they let in the sunlight so the brush can grow ..........Prince William Sound has some bad buggy areas .......In a worst case senario use a head net and cover up every thing .......Can,t cut with a head net , so the bug eye, or bugz ,Screen goggles are best .... When working hard you don,t really feel them bite you ......Some places it,s buggy , some places it ain,t .................Hammer , your prolly eating supper and I,m on my way to work ..

Worst bugs I hated up there were the white sox

 

[Burvol]

AK Bush Biters

I went to fish at my friend's place a few years ago. The bugs were friggin' EPIC. Those White Sox you speak of leave a welt! This was his fish cleaning station and were some stuff for guests was kept. 41 pound King I caught on a Fire Tiger Wiggle Wart, while plunking in the travel lane about 30 yards off the bank and 75' of line. I got to self guide for a little while and had fun in the wilderness too. I got to see a lot of stuff some of the poorer folks in the villages didn't get to see with out plane or good boat access to the bush so they told me.

 

[Greystoke]

I went to fish at my friend's place a few years ago. The bugs were friggin' EPIC. Those White Sox you speak of leave a welt! This was his fish cleaning station and were some stuff for guests was kept. 41 pound King I caught on a Fire Tiger Wiggle Wart, while plunking in the travel lane about 30 yards off the bank and 75' of line. I got to self guide for a little while and had fun in the wilderness too. I got to see a lot of stuff some of the poorer folks in the villages didn't get to see with out plane or good boat access to the bush so they told me.

Nice fish man! Alaska ruined me for fishing here in Montany...no comparin! As far as the white sox...the worst thing I hated about them was they would chew on my ears, and I did not know they were doin it til I could feel blood running down my ear, then the next day I would have those nice welts you speak of! I don't miss the bugs in Southeast Ak.

 

[slowp]

I was thinking it didn't look brushy there either. Or steep. That slide is just a baby sized one. Get out your saw and hand shovel, do a little digging, and you could drive right through it.

Pictures can be deceiving.