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Spring is finally coming



By Troutnut on April 25th, 2014
Things have melted here in Alaska just enough for me to slip and slide my way up the hilly, narrow, rutted trail of ice and mud leading to a scenic mountain where I sometimes find some ptarmigan in the fall. I was hoping to get a few birds for the table before the season closes on April 30th, but I climbed all over the little mountaintop and didn't see or hear a single one. Hunting is over for now, but grayling should be returning to fishable streams as I write.

Photos by Troutnut from Miscellaneous Alaska in Alaska

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Denali from near Murphy Dome. I don't know what the peculiar bright light is shining near the top of the mountain on the right side. It was conspicuous like this for several minutes. I don't know what's up there that would reflect sunlight (or emit its own light) and look so much brighter than everything else from 150 miles away. From Murphy Dome in Alaska.
Denali from near Murphy Dome. I don't know what the peculiar bright light is shining near the top of the mountain on the right side. It was conspicuous like this for several minutes. I don't know what's up there that would reflect sunlight (or emit its own light) and look so much brighter than everything else from 150 miles away.
StateAlaska
LocationMurphy Dome
Date TakenApr 25, 2014
Date AddedApr 29, 2014
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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Abandoned ptarmigan habitat. I found a few white feathers from birds molting out of their winter plumage, but didn't see or hear any live ptarmigan. From Murphy Dome in Alaska.
Abandoned ptarmigan habitat. I found a few white feathers from birds molting out of their winter plumage, but didn't see or hear any live ptarmigan.
StateAlaska
LocationMurphy Dome
Date TakenApr 25, 2014
Date AddedApr 29, 2014
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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Denali from near Murphy Dome. This was the clearest view of the mountain I've ever had from this far away (150 miles). From Murphy Dome in Alaska.
Denali from near Murphy Dome. This was the clearest view of the mountain I've ever had from this far away (150 miles).
StateAlaska
LocationMurphy Dome
Date TakenApr 25, 2014
Date AddedApr 29, 2014
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View toward the Minto Flats From Murphy Dome in Alaska.
View toward the Minto Flats
StateAlaska
LocationMurphy Dome
Date TakenApr 25, 2014
Date AddedApr 29, 2014
AuthorTroutnut
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Taiga and the Minto Flats From Murphy Dome in Alaska.
Taiga and the Minto Flats
StateAlaska
LocationMurphy Dome
Date TakenApr 25, 2014
Date AddedApr 29, 2014
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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TNEALApril 29th, 2014, 6:11 pm
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278		Lots of water here and still below average temperatures. I fished the AuSable (Michigan) yesterday and the water temp maxed out at 49. Several fish taken on a wooly bugger; no hatches to speak of. Hendricksons are a week or so off, I'm told. First week of May is supposed to average about 10 degrees below "normal".

We are going to be way behind here with insect emergences.....
OldredbarnApril 29th, 2014, 2:30 pm
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608		Jason,

Wonderful! Now could you send it down this way?! :)

Spence

Glad to see you survived another winter there, sir.
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

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