Bob Misetich with his 31.3 lb. KOD! 7/2/09.

To All Owners and Employees of the Legendary Waterfall Resort,

I finally got a minute out of my busy schedule to sit down and reflect on a wonderful experience that I had in 2009. Good friend Kent Jones, based on his previous experience at the Resort, recommended this trip. After looking at his pictures, I agreed, “Let’s do it!” After searching for another avid angler, we found good friend and “adventurist” John Hoskins. The trip went into the planning stages. Kent took the “Bull by the Horns,” that’s just his style. For the longest time, maybe the next 10 months, John assured us we were going. I thought to myself, yeah right, I’ll believe it when I see it. Being that we all work in the Motion Picture Business, the only thing I have learned after 30 years is that plans were meant to be broken. Then Lo and Behold, we finished Transformers 2 and we had some time off. Suddenly I thought this could happen after all. That’s when I started checking out Waterfall’s website, and started getting excited.

We flew up at the end of June to Ketchikan and took that wonderful floatplane ride out of Promech Air to the Resort. That’s something I will never forget (been wanting to do that for the last 40 years)! We got off the floatplane and were greeted by Steve Cockrell and his wonderful staff. It was then that I looked up and spotted the huge banner on the side of the building advertising the Grand Prize – a “New Ford Truck.” I thought to myself, “Man, that would be nice since my truck had just turned 200,000 miles.” The wonderful staff in the office checked us in, and sent us on our way to meet our Guide, Devin, what a pleasure. Four and a half days of great fishing yielded us limits every day, 2-30 lb. King Salmon Patches, 1– 40 lb. King Salmon Patch, 1–150 lb. Halibut Patch and 2-King of the Day Hats for Kent and me.
After having spent a great 4th of July at the Resort (great fireworks show I must add!), it was our time to leave on July 5th, each of us with 100 lbs. of fish to take home. As Justin loaded our fish onto the floatplane, I glanced over my shoulder once again at the huge banner advertising the “New Ford Truck.” I knew now that I was in the running because I was one of 72 Kings of the Day!

So I go home and start enjoying the fish we caught (Man, is it good!! Like no other! Friends and family think I’m a hero.) Meanwhile I’m thinking: “I should start looking for a new truck…the puddle of oil underneath is getting bigger…there are a few noises I have never heard before…maybe I’ll wait until they draw the winner of the “New Ford Truck.” Sure enough, Steve called August 25th to inform me that I was the “Grand Prize Winner!” It is a great story, and one that I wanted to share with all. Thanks for a 1st Class Fishing Expedition at your World Class Resort!

Thank you from one Happy Angler,
Bob Misetich
Acton, CA
11/23/09

P.S. Special Thanks: Steve, Chuck, Devin, Ron, Stuart, Stacy, Kent, John and all of you at the resort.
Hope to see you this summer so we can celebrate!

Reza Fatemi (left) Galpin Ford, North Hills, CA, congratulates Bob Misetich!

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