Aguutekun civvluku kuvya anguarturluteng atercetaqluteng. Ataucicaqliameng-llu-gguq anguarutmek teguluki imkataarluki.
Tua-i-llu teguqataarluku neqa cali. Ayagcetengnaqenritem ugaan tua-i mulngaku'urluku kaugturluku qamiqurrakun nutaan ekluku. Neqaitaqan-gguq, tuaten anguarturluteng neqsulallermeggni.

Using a canoe, they'd paddle and set the net and drift downriver. And when a salmon finally got caught, they'd take the end of the net and start pulling it in carefully.
And when they got to the fish they'd take it off the net. Trying not to lose it, they'd carefully take it and hit it on the head and pull it into the canoe. They say that was what they did when fish were scarce, when they fished by paddling.
--Wassilie Evan, Akiak

Fishing was a laborious task, and so was making the tools to catch them. The amount of sinew or willow bark needed to make even a small net took weeks to prepare. Few owned more than one net, but untied and retied their nets during the season, as different-sized fish became available.