Lately when I've gone fishing, I've opted not to take the camera. After
my outing yesterday, I decided I have to make more of an effort to take
it along.

The Swift was down considerably, and gave me the opportunity to see the
"new" Swift after the heavy scouring and flushing it has received for
the last few months. It is like fishing a different river now that all
the deadfall and drifts have been relocated. I only fished from 6:00 AM
until 9:00 because of the rising air temperature. By 9:00 it was nearly
80 degrees F. and getting uncomfortable. The mosquitos were in full
force and out for blood. During the earliest hours of the outing, I saw
several heron, including a great blue. There was a deer drinking from
the river, and several merganser fishing their way upstream. I was able
to bring a nice 12" brookie to hand, as well as a small brown and a good
sized rainbow (trifecta!) There were sulphurs hatching and flittering
about. Any one of these sitings would have made a nice photo, and I was
sorry I missed the chance. Next week I may just go fishing with camera
instead of rod - at least to start. ;-)
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TL,
Tim
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