Nature Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 174

Jedi Master Mishka, the mighty 6-week-old labrador retriever puppy, investigates my largest brook trout ever (as of June '06). He quickly approved of the fish and then tried to eat my sock.

Disclaimer: Before any C&R evangelists go for my throat, I'll point out that this is the only trout I've kept all year, and it inhaled my dry fly directly into its gills and ripped one of them out during the fight. It was mine or the herons'.

After the Hex hatch has been going for a few days, it doesn't take much to get some big fish working. This 18 inch brown revealed himself with one or two rises to sporadic bugs during a dud of a dun emergence.

I caught this coho salmon alevin by accident while netting nymphs after an unsuccessful day steelhead fishing further downstream. I let him swim in a container lid for a minute and slid him gently back into the river.

View up from the river

This photo came out a bit strange, but it's a nice brook trout!

This 15 inch football-fat brown stuck around for a picture after being gently released.