Odd Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 2

Rainbow Mountain in the Alaska Range, one of the prettiest pieces of the Richardson Highway.

Oops.

I let my little light cahill spinner dangle in the air a bit too long while looking for rises. There were at least 30 bats flying around the pool, and this one hooked itself on my fly. I just let it fly around my rod tip and, while trying to figure out what to do, I took some pictures. (When in doubt...) Eventually it managed to unhook itself and fly away.

This rock formation overlooks a grayling stream on the central Alaskan road system.

Here's a panorama of the Wrangell Mountains, viewed from a pullout overlooking Willow Lake along the Richardson Highway near Glennallen, Alaska. A day this clear is rare, and the view is spectacular. You have to view it full-sized to begin to appreciate what it's like scanning this range with binoculars.

A trout stream valley covered in mist after a spring thunderstorm on a hot, humid day.

It seems somebody lost a fly on a tree limb as they floated down the river, and this bat flew by and attacked it and got stuck. Either that, or the bat caught their fly as they were fishing and wrapped it around the limb as he was fighting to get away. Either could happen, although the former possibility is a bit more likely.

The NY DEC has installed these trout habitat improvements on a small upstate stream. I found that most fish in the stream orient to them.