Trout in Snow

This is a funny way to start off a saltwater blog, but I tramped around in the snow recently—-taking new photos during Christmas of fly fishermen in North Carolina. They were wading around in snow melt on the Davidson River, where rainbow and brown trout were feeding. Since the coldest weather in 20 years has settled into the Southeastern United States, I thought a few trout pictures in snow country would be seasonable. The rest of the photos can be viewed on Seafavorites, on the Fly fishing Freshwater page at:

http://seafavorites.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=261&zenid=7c56b34f615e8243b49a56939a11af88

These fly guys on the river really know their business, and they’re tricked out with nice equipment. One of them promised me a hike this summer to more hidden places, where colorful brook trout feed, and also big rainbows. I’ll be casting for them myself, and shooting some underwater photos of trout. Stay tuned for that.

Back in Florida now, coastal anglers from here to Texas are wringing their hands over possible fish kills, from the lower water temperatures. The next week will be critical. In Texas, state fish managers have already drawn up a list of spots where bay fish congregate to stay warm, and become vulnerable to crowds of fishermen. This list of sites will be closed to fishing, if and when deemed necessary. This hasn’t happened yet in Florida, where crowds of meat fishermen once descended on cold water aggregations of redfish and trout, at places like the Suwanee River. If we get brave enough this weekend, and properly fortified, perhaps I’ll make a trip there and take new photos of the crowd sure to appear, some no doubt with out of state registration stickers on their boats…