Sunrise…

Have a good start to your week!!

Oregon coastal morning on a very chilly morning…© SwittersB

there’s a rhythm…

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river…runs over rocks from the basement of time.. I am haunted by waters.” Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It

© SwittersB

holding water…

for the Chinook Salmon heading upriver to spawn

Salmon River (Oregon) near Rose Lodge

finding self…

“Take a walk in the woods (alone),
And there you will find all of the questions
That remain unanswered in your mind.”
Kaitlyn Dunagan, Nature is a Potent Remedy

Oregon Coastal retreat (has fish too)

Stonefly time…

May is an optimum time for Stoneflies in Central Oregon rivers and elsewhere as the rivers warm. This is a simple pattern…like an enlarged nymph pattern.

A size 8-10, 3xlong hook, goose biot tail, copper wire ribbing, black fur/synthetic dubbed abdomen/thorax. The ‘backstop’ from tail, up over the abdomen and thorax is turkey feather. The legs in front is a few wraps of black hackle fiber. A simple, yet productive tie. This pattern can be weighted with wraps of ‘lead’ wire or left unweighted and weight attached to the tippet. Blacks, brown, dark yellow/rust colors for the stonefly contingent that emerges/crawls out starting now into Summer.

I’m Lichen (no fungi) this…

along an Oregon coastal river…attached to an old stump. Actually a fungus, not lichen…but I like the play on words…so you science types…all good

Peaceful days…

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” Aldous Huxley

Fly fishing an Oregon coastal river for Cutthroat Trout…