Nature Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 2

Nice rainbow with just a bit of cutthroat blood in the mix

My friend Ian throws a fine cast in a section of river that's open year-round. From the bridge, we spotted a very nice brown nymphing, but neither of us could get it to take.

This beautiful, remote stretch of one of the lesser-known large Catskill trout streams produced my only trout in two days of slow fishing, a 9 inch brown. Better than nothing! In fact, even "nothing" in this setting is really something!

I captured this sunset over one of my favorite holes.

My girlfriend took this picture with my camera, and I'm not sure how she did it. Instead of being crisp and sharp it has a surreal look like an oil painting, perfect for the scene. (Edit in 2011: Now that I see this picture so high up on the popular list, perhaps I should point out that she's now my wife, so there's no confusion.)

An 18-inch Catskill brown trout.

This fish almost got me into the coveted "20/20 club." It's a 20 inch brown caught on sulphur-flavored Galloup's Cripple tied on a size 18 3X-fine dry fly hook. It's also my biggest fish to date from the Catskills.

This is Cairn's Pool on the Beaverkill, possibly the most famous pool in all of trout fishing.

Fish don't get any better than this.

This beautiful 17 inch rainbow fell for a bright wet fly in late July.