early morning…

on a B.C. lake some 20 years ago..chasing Kamloops trout.

Salmon Lake in British Columbia….beautiful Kamloops Trout

Natural beauty…

Didn’t hook it in the corner of the mouth. Snapped a shot of that beautiful head and released it back. çSwittersB

From the heavens…

a blustery day on a Central Oregon lake flyfishing. Wind, rain and waves…then a lull and the light penetrating down. Soon the light disappeared and it was time to get off the lake as dark approached.

Lake on a Tygh Valley, Oregon ranch © SwittersB

‘Things’ changed…

I recall fishing with older gents years ago. Often, I would see them taking breaks, leaving the water, be it a lake or river, to sit and stare. The conditions weren’t particularly harsh. Why were they not fishing at the optimum times?! I would power on hour after hour, catching fish and shaking my head to the fun the older gents were missing.

Those gents are long gone now. Moved on to quieter waters. These days, things have changed. I don’t fish nearly as much. When I do, I put in a half hour or so and then find a place to sit. I smoke my briar, stare at the water, maybe take some photos. My mind is not as energized to fish for hours on end. I am now one of those older gents. Things changed along the way and the urgency isn’t there. I surely enjoy the outdoors, the waters, the imagining of fish and habitat. Yet, a break along the shore is now as good as the throwing a line for hours on end. Now I see.

Oregon Coastal River © SwittersB

trout’s true colors….

Oregon Trout photographed and released

sun over the rim…

of the Deschutes R. Canyon in Oregon. You can just make out the top of Mt. Hood in the gap to the West .

Shot by Tony Muncy of Muncy Designs on our recent fly fishing trip to the river.

Crane Prairie (Oregon)

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” Aldous Huxley