Nature Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 51
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I missed one strike in this pool after taking the picture. It was a good fish that first showed itself with a telltale bulge and eddies below my fly, the sign of a nice trout refusing without quite breaking the surface. Five or ten drifts later it took convincingly, but I missed the hookset. That was the story that day -- missed hooksets. I didn't stay to fish this pool very long, because I tried to cross to fish it from the side that's on the right in the picture, obviously the best angle, and I found that what looked like an easy crossing near the tail was a swift, bouldery flat of very deceptive depth in the clear water. I found myself half-way across, past what had originally looked like the deepest water, only to find that the water that looked easiest was even swifter and deeper. I thought surely I was in for a swim, but somehow I made it back to the near bank dry and jumped in the car to head for less treacherous wading.
Looking up the Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier
East face of Avalanche Spire
Mount Barrille in the Ruth Gorge
Slopes of Mt Hunter
North face of Avalanche Spire
Two storied Catskill rivers become one at this pool.
Mt Dickey near the Ruth Glacier