Trout Streams

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Wisconsin

> The Namekagon River

Thunderstorms threatened on this early July evening but they luckily kept missing me and the fishing was excellent.

A porcupine climbs a pine tree near a trout stream.

Several frightened mergansers scoot away from the canoe.

I caught several small trout in this wild and scenic stretch of a wild and scenic river.

Brad Bohen and I were scouting on this canoe trip, so we didn't stop to fish this appealing remote hole. I suspect it holds monsters--it's certainly fine water, far from where others usually fish.

This deer ran at least a hundred yards in front of our canoe before it finally decided to get out of the river. Here it just hurdled a beaver dam.

This is one of the best-looking spots for a big trout that I've ever seen; all the river's current pushes food into one deep, narrow lane full of overhead cover and obstructions for fish to hold behind. I've not caught anything in the few times I've fished it, but I suspect that's my fault, not the river's.

A flock of mergansers flees the canoe.