N59 46.277 W151 50.213
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This cache is part of a new Geoart series of mystery caches located along the Beach Lake Trails. The cache is not at the listed location. You will need to solve a fairly simple puzzle to get the actual coordinates for the cache. To solve this puzzle, you need to find the coordinates of a famous fly-fishing river that are hidden somewhere on this page. Enter these coordinates in Google Maps or similar map program and look for the name of the river. You will then enter the name of the river, and the full name (no abbreviations) of the state in which it is located into Puzzle-Checker. If the river is not located in the US, enter the country instead of the state. For example, if the river is the Susitna River, your answer is SusitnaRiverAlaska (No Spaces). Submit this answer to Puzzle-Checker, and you will receive the actual coordinates for the cache.
The rivers in this state are not shown in Google Maps or other mapping programs. To get the answer for this puzzle you will need to enter the hidden coordinates into Google Maps. The coordinates will be near a bridge over the river. The name of the river is in the name of the bridge.
No list of Famous Fly Fishing Rivers on my list would be complete without having the river where I caught my fist fish in Alaska. I was moved to Alaska by the Army in 1974. Alaska was my first choice and believe it or not, they sent me here. I was only supposed to stay for 1 year, but I am still here 49 years later. On Labor Day weekend of 1974 I drove to this river and camped out in my car. The next morning, I took my 7 1/2 foot trout rod and started fishing down the river. I caught several small Dolly Varden trout and was having a lot of fun doing so. About 1/4 mile down the river from my car, the river widened into a nice pool. Shortly after I got there, a really big fished jumped. This really got me excited and got my adrenalin flowing. I quickly put on a larger streamer fly to see if I might be able to hook that fish. I was so excited that I cast all the way across the river and put my fly on a log on the other side. I had to brake off the fly and tie on another one. This time I was a little more careful and placed a nice 60-70 foot cast near the other bank. My fly drifted to my side of the River, and just as I started to retrieve my fly a large wake started coming after my fly and took it. It was quite a tussle with my little dry fly trout rod, but after 15-20 minutes, I was able to land a beautiful 8 - 10 pound Silver Salmon. Later that day just before dusk I was fishing further down the river near the bridge and hooked a steelhead. Almost immediately after I hooked the fish someone walking up the river asked if I was Frankie Moore. This surprised me because I didn't know many people in Alaska at that time. I asked him how he knew who I was. He replied that he was asking everyone he saw on the river if they were Frankie Moore. It turned out he was someone that used to visit my father's fishing lodge in Oregon and he heard that I might be up here fishing. Subsequently I have landed many steelhead out of this beautiful river, and have caught many fish in many rivers, but that was one of the most memorable fishing trips in my life. I still can see that fish jumping, my fly being stuck on the log across the river, and the wake coming after my fly.
