I hope you saw this week’s post about fall PMDs. I shared several images of insects I found in an eddy. I’ll begin this week’s images from the water post with a few more. I hope you enjoy this week’s portfolio.
We’re seeing larger than normal kokanee from Lake Billy Chinook. Large trout are staging behind them too.
Mayfly spinner
Caddis
Silver-striped sedge on shore vegitation.
PMD floating down the river.
Dragonfly
And yes, an occasional fish…very occasional.
Enjoy…go fish!
I hope you were able to read this week’s post, Fly Fishing the Iceland Highlands. We spent several days touring the island before our fishing experience started. Below, I share some images from Iceland. Iceland has been on our list to visit and an opportunity presented itself at the end of 2023. If you have…
We are still in Patagonia, but I’d like to share a few images from Chile. An image of our guide, Enzo from Coyhaique River Lodge. Here is Chester, who does an excellent job hunting rabbit around the lodge. Blocking the Patagonia wind after a streamside lunch. Ibis in the field. We found these everywhere driving…
In this week’s images from Iceland, I’ll share a few images of waterfalls, Icelandic horses, and glaciers. I share the image above to remind you we were on a photography tour. This is what happens when the van stops and all of us get off with cameras and tripods in hand! Waterfalls Skógafoss Falls Dettifoss…
Here are the final images from Iceland. Our visit was timed with the annual bird migration. While not a “birder”, I find them beautiful and admire the coloration. As a fly tyer, my mind periodically found myself at the vise creating flies using their feathers. I hope you were able to read my original Images…
Here are images from Leslie Gulch and the Owyhee Basin, the first stop on our fall fly fishing road trip. The image above is the road to Leslie Gulch, named for Hiram Leslie Silver City who was killed by lightning in 1882 here. The Owyhee River flows into the Snake River and is the largest…
Here are a few images from the water during our recent fly fishing road trip. The image above is a Madison River sunset. Here is a beaver we observed in the same area below $3 Bridge. Google search tells me this is a Columbia Spotted Frog. Insects caught in a spider web on the Madison…Trico…
You have a knack for capturing the essence!
Hey John – Thanks for these beautiful close-ups of fall mayflies…These are pushing me to get on the streams NOW!! Great weather for a few days too.
Great photos, John. Love the under water shots. That big rainbow looks hungry.
Thanks Wayne…actually, they are kokanee salmon from Lake Billy Chinook.
As always John, you photographs are stunning.
Tight Lines – Al Beatty