Landscape Pictures of Rivers, Page 2
The appeal of trout fishing is tied to the landscapes in which they live. They need the kind of clean, cold water found mostly in pristine rivers in pristine places that lend themselves to landscape photography. I've begun to take that hobby seriously too, although the best times of day for pictures conflict with the best times for fishing!
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A whitetail deer pretends to be a moose, sticking its head underwater to graze on rich aquatic vegetation.
Here's a panorama of the junction of the two main branches of an Alaskan river where my dad and I had great grayling fishing on our float trip in that blue cataraft.
This is a very deep pool in a very clear stream. It's well-known for its brookies, but I neither saw nor caught any in this inviting pool. I drove a few miles upstream and ran into the expected number of eager little fish.
Here's a pretty sunset over a warmwater lake in the northwoods. It may not be trout water, but I couldn't leave it off the site.
I've caught several trout in this pool. Several were cruising around it picking bugs off the surface while I took this picture, and then I set the camera down to cast for them. I caught two, including a brown of almost 13", from this photographic perch about ten feet above the water. It felt silly lifting them up, but I was short on time and didn't want to climb down.
Here's the first of many new pictures of Alaska that I'll be putting online as soon as I get the chance. It's a panorama of my dad standing and looking across the valley of the river where we both caught our first arctic grayling an hour or so later.
You've got to see it full-size to appreciate it.
You've got to see it full-size to appreciate it.
This pretty little mountain valley pond held several browns and brookies, not huge but outsized for their small stream, and the water was so clear I could sight-fish for them across half the pond. There was also a school of bullheads swimming laps.
This is the shore of a beautiful island in Lake Superior. To the left is a narrow channel leading to a a large, shallow bay.
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