written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Mar 2002, Vol. 6 No. 5
Marilyn Murphy begins her orientation to salmon fishing on the stern of the Daleanne at the same time the black bear lumbers onto the beach. “Kyoquot,” she explains, ignoring the big animal, “translates to the land of many winds.” Unfazed by her guests’ distraction, she continues outlining British Columbia’s salmon and halibut regulations to the dozen hard-core anglers. “Don’t worry about him, that’s just Boo Boo,” the four-year-old resident bear. “He’ll be scavenging for shells and seaweed during low tide.”