Tom,
I would have replied to your post earlier but I just returned from a few days in New Brunswick with my Brittany and some Parker guys chasing grouse and woodcock. The gun you are looking at is mine and I would be happy to answer any questions I can for you. Send me a PM with your contact info and a good time to contact you and I will give you a call. Here is an old thread from the archive section of this site from back when I first acquired the gun. http://parkerguns.org/archive/parker...rum1/6990.html

Thanks Larry. I was told in a private PM that you once owned the gun. I responded that you having owned it lent credibility to the gun. I didn’t know you still owned it. I’m sure the gun is right. I'm trying to decide among three high grades I am looking at. Although the engraving is the best I have ever seen on an AHE, the pad is causing some pause. I prefer a skeleton butt on high grade guns. But I am still leaning toward your gun. I’ll make a decision shortly. I appreciate your response. Thank you.

I have fished for Atlantic Salmon in Doaktown, New Brunswick. A New Brunswick friend’s uncle owns a house on the river and has riparian rights. I usually fish in the morning and hunt grouse and woodcock across the river in the afternoon. Wonderful cover and a lot of birds. Although he doesn’t hunt, I take my friend Sandy with me because he holds a guide license. New Brunswick requires a guide for non residents so that the license holding locals have a source of income.

Tom,
We always stop at Doaks Fly Shop on the way to Miramichi Northwest Lodge. The camp is on the northwest branch of the Miramichi. This is the tenth year in a row we have made the trip and its always very enjoyable.

I’ve been to that fly shop many times. The area of the MIramichi I fished was about two miles before the bridge which is just past the shop. In the afternoon, I’d carry my setter across the river, remove my waders and hunt grouse and woodcock. My buddy Sandy carried my gun across. The cover there was excellent and there was always a lot of birds. There were ducks there in a slough but I was always too busy with the birds to give them much attention. I’m sure you visited the Salmon Museum in Doaktown. Great place to spend some time. I used a Leonard light salmon 8 wt. cane rod for the salmon.