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Updates from July 6, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from the Gulkana River in Alaska

This is my biggest and certainly best stream-resident rainbow to date, a wild 19-incher pulled from a Class III-IV rapids. It's also the first fish ever to take me into my backing. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. Here my dad drops his largest resident rainbow ever, after a spectacular fight. It's a good 18 inches. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. A Bonaparte's Gull perched on a rock. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. Here I'm netting a nice rainbow in the rapids. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. Turbulent Class III-IV waters. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. This isn't quite the size of salmon I was looking for on this trip... From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. A Bonaparte's Gull cruises low over a rapids. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. My dad scrambles along the rocks at the base of this canyon as an 18-inch, wild Alaskan rainbow gives him the best fight he's ever had from a fish. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. Mean-looking 17-inch rainbow. From the Gulkana River in Alaska.
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Updates from July 5, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from the Gulkana River, the Delta River, and Miscellaneous Alaska in Alaska

I love this 360-degree panorama of our campsite after a nice day of fishing the Gulkana. Back in the trees my dad (on the right) is chatting with "Moose" from Blue Moose Rafting (on the left). From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. The Fireweed here grows thick along many roadsides in Alaska, including the Richardson Highway here with a view of the glacial Delta River and the Alaska Range. From the Delta River in Alaska. From the Delta River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. This is my first-ever lake trout, caught on a spinner before we stopped to unpack the fly rods near the beginning of a 4-day float trip. I caught another of about the same size soon thereafter. The coloration is incredible compared to other lakers I've seen -- a much more believable cousin to the brook trout. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. This is my dad's first wild Alaskan rainbow trout. From the Gulkana River in Alaska. Baby moose along an Alaskan highway. From Richardson Highway in Alaska. From the Delta River in Alaska.

Closeup insects by Bnewell from Miscellaneous Montana and the Flathead River in Montana

Caudatella hystrix Mayfly Nymph Caudatella hystrix Mayfly Nymph
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Caenis youngi (Angler's Curse) Mayfly Nymph Caenis youngi (Angler's Curse) Mayfly Nymph
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Baetisca columbiana (Armored Mayfly) Mayfly Nymph Baetisca columbiana (Armored Mayfly) Mayfly Nymph
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Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph
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Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph
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Updates from July 3, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from Denali National Park and the Tanana River in Alaska

A large caribou walks through the bed of a glacial river in Denali National Park. From Denali National Park in Alaska. This is the first grizzly bear I've seen. It's in Denali National Park. People with long-range binoculars, plus the view through a couple spotting scopes the park installed at this stop, verified that the little light spot my arrow is pointing to is, in fact, a grizzly bear. This is the closest view I got. From Denali National Park in Alaska. In this "close up" of a grizzly bear laying down on an alpine hillside in Denali National Park, you can almost tell it's a bear. From Denali National Park in Alaska. This is the Tanana River in Nenana, Alaska. It's one of the Yukon's largest tributaries. I can break my usual "no naming rivers" policy for this picture because there's no fishing (except with bait for burbot) in the Tanana -- it runs with incredibly turbid glacial melt-water in which game fishing is pretty much impossible. You literally can't see an INCH into it, probably not even half an inch. From the Tanana River in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. This golden eagle is soaring through Denali National Park. From Denali National Park in Alaska. A Dall Sheep ram sits atop a mountain in Denali National Park. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. Dall Sheep in Denali National Park. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska. From Denali National Park in Alaska.
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Updates from July 2, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from Minto Flats in Alaska

From Minto Flats in Alaska. This sky was the perfect scenic complement to the wide-open marsh where we were pike fishing. From Minto Flats in Alaska. Talk about a bad hair day. This chartreuse/everglow deceiver had been through about 15 northern pike already. From Minto Flats in Alaska. I took this picture after midnight, when the pike fishing was still hot. From Minto Flats in Alaska.

Closeup insects by Bnewell from Denali National Park in Alaska

Siphlonurus phyllis (Gray Drake) Mayfly NymphSiphlonurus phyllis (Gray Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesThis specimen was the first record from Montana and the first record from the mountain west except Alberta where it was first described. It was found in temporary ponds.The nymph has double gills on all segments. The abdominal stripe is an important feature for identification
Collected July 2, 2007 from Temporary ponds- Glacier Nat. Park in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
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Updates from July 1, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from Minto Flats in Alaska

These caches are used by Alaskan natives to store supplies for pike-harvesting season in this network of sloughs and lakes. That's a raven on top of the left one. From Minto Flats in Alaska. A cow moose with her calf clamber out of the slough we were fishing for pike. From Minto Flats in Alaska. Out in this pike slough we made an interesting fine, a long-decayed moose carcass. Against my protest, my dad lifted the skull out of the water as a potential souvenir. However, it wasn't quite broken down to nothing-but-bone yet, and it smelled horrible, so it went back in the river. From Minto Flats in Alaska. From Minto Flats in Alaska. From Minto Flats in Alaska.
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