Landscape Pictures of Rivers, Page 33
The appeal of trout fishing is tied to the landscapes in which they live. They need the kind of clean, cold water found mostly in pristine rivers in pristine places that lend themselves to landscape photography. I've begun to take that hobby seriously too, although the best times of day for pictures conflict with the best times for fishing!
For how many years, I wonder, have these huge slabs of rock sheltered wild brook trout?
Quartz Creek near Cooper Landing
Trying for burbot. I've taken a few small ones on setlines in this eddy in the past, but never tried on rod and reel. There were no takers.
Break-up on the Tanana
Break-up on the Tanana
The last contiguous ice on the Tanana near town. On the right side of the photo, the river's original ice still extends all the way across. A rapid flow of water and ice is pushing in toward it from the left. Moments later, the original ice gave way and opened up a free-flowing channel packed with truck-sized icebergs.
Ice piled up on the Tanana
No method of casting in my arsenal was capable of presenting a fly to the brook trout in this hidden pool.
Ice breakup on the Tanana