N43 20.448 W122 44.611
Congratulation to kdhysky for being First to Find on all the caches in this series!
A special thank you to 82HAMMFAM for helping me test, organize, and place this series of caches.
To be added to the Hall of Fame, message me the name of the establishment where I grew up
HALL OF FAME:
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IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SOLVING THESE, PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR HELP!
This cache is part of a new series of mystery caches located along the trail to Moose Pond. 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 of the state (no abbreviations) 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 Saranac River, your answer is SaranacRiverNewYork (No Spaces). Submit this answer to Puzzle-Checker, and you will receive the actual coordinates for the cache. There are no numbers in the answers to any of these puzzles!
My father lived most of his 99 years on this famous river. Below are links to a Ted Talk he gave in Portland, and to an amazing documentary about him and his life. My father was a world-famous fly fisherman. He is in the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. He also landed on Utah Beach and was in most of the major European battles of WWII. For his heroism in the battle to free France from the German occupation, he received the French Legion of Honor.
This is the river I grew up on. I have been fishing this river since I was 14 months old when my father gave me my first fly rod. I caught my first trout here when I was 2 years old, and my first steelhead when I was 5. My father would put me on his shoulders and take me out to the middle of the river where I would cast from his shoulders. I have fished many rivers, and I believe this is the most beautiful river of them all. The background picture was taken from the small fishing lodge that my father started in 1957. People came from all over the world to fish here for summer steelhead. I have been very blessed to have lived in such a wonderful place, and to have had such amazing parents.
Ted Talk
Mending the Line Trailer
Mending The Line
