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Ryland Bell has a house 26 miles up the Chilkat Valley from Haines.   



Ryland Bell has a house 26 miles up the Chilkat Valley from Haines. “He spends his spring chasing big lines, his summers running his hook and line fishing vessel out of nearby Elfin Cove.” This year, “there’s hardly any snow in the mountains. Worst year in recent history, the locals are saying. We’re loading boxes of food onto the ferry, preparing to board the Alaska Marine Highway from Juneau to Haines.” Read it on The Cleanest Line: festivalwalk

Photos: Colin Wiseman