Nature Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 250

Lower end of the storried Harriman Ranch section of the Henry's

Upper Mesa Falls on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River

A 15 3/4" Brook Trout, my personal best. I saw this fish chase a smaller one out of the depths of a deep pool, but without a great view I thought it was just a good-sized rainbow. I worked the pool for 15-20 minutes trying to catch that "rainbow" and was thrilled when, after a few minutes of strong fighting, it came close enough for me to see the giant brook trout on the end of my line.

Huge raft of mergansers cruising the Henry's Fork.

A short (about 12") but football-fat, hard-fighting Henry's Fork rainbow. This was probably the best fish I caught in a morning of Trico fishing, although I hooked a nicer one--maybe 17"--and couldn't keep it out of the ubiquitous mats of vegetation on a 7X Trico tippet.

Thick clouds of mating caddisflies along the banks of the Henry's Fork.