Nature Pictures from Trout Streams, Page 82

I spotted this moose calf resting in the snow across the road from the river I was photographing in Alaska in late February.

Good trout, both browns and rainbows, sometimes reside in the calm pockets alongside roaring rapids like these where most of the canoe traffic shoots quickly past. Few fishermen stop to cover these areas.

A pair of sockeye salmon on their redd.

My biggest fish from this tiny creek so far

Several whitetail deer cross the river in front of me in the middle of winter.

This looks like a normal lake at first, but it's actually a natural, shallow widening in the channel of a famous trout stream. On clear days canoeists drift through and watch small trout and suckers swim beneath them. Large brown trout lay hidden in the weeds, hard to catch during the day but a fun challenge for any angler willing to brave the mosquitoes.

I caught one little rainbow in the plunge pool below this pretty waterfall.

This is one of the clearest lakes I've ever seen. All the white smudges in the foreground are midges hovering over the bushes.