Landscape Pictures of Rivers, Page 5
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!


The pool between these two waterfalls is one of the prettiest places I've ever had my fly refused by a small trout.
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This is one of my favorite small streams. It's full of fiesty, colorful brookies (though few surpass 11 inches) and a very few browns.


Several anglers await a disappointingly sparse morning run of salmon from Lake Ontario.

This stretch of a famous Great Lakes salmon tributary produced a nice king for me in the evening after this picture.

A storm recedes over the boggy headwaters of a nice trout stream. I haven't seen any trout in this stretch, but it's a good place to collect burrowing mayfly nymphs.

The Copper River is another of Alaska's major glacial drainages, hosting huge salmon runs which spread out more thinly into its clearwater tributaries to spawn.
This panorama is best viewed full-size.
This panorama is best viewed full-size.

This small stream's so clear it looks like a swimming pool in this really deep spot.
