Most celebrities we know turn out to be just ordinary folks in unordinary lifestyles. And of the many we have had the priviledge to take out fishing in Alaska and on the West Coast, Brigadier General Chuck Yeager....yes, the guy who first broke the sound barrier as a test pilot....is one of the nicest gentlemen you could ever meet.

He is a well-known face who participates in the Cal-Ore Fish Enhancement Derbies held on our famous steelhead streams and enjoys fishing the Chetco River (this photo) on one day and the Smith River on another. As a genuine sportsman he participates in catch and release, and returned several steelhead to the stream on this day along with his son Mikey.