AUGUST
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AUGUST 2007
August 28, 68 degrees 9PM
Moonrise at the Corner after dark, ~120 cfs, - 60sec exposure
August 23, 74 degrees 4PM
Lower Meadows at ~140 cfs flow (Falls Village gage) - click this photo for larger image
August 16, 4:30PM, 83 degrees
one of several Ospreys at work -
click on images for short video
old tangled vines on the riverbank
the trout are still in the refuges
at least those that haven't been eaten:
August 15, 6:30PM
some photos speak for themselves
Ken Corey throwing a low loop to the smallies
August 8, 8:45PM
after dark, 60 sec. exposure - multi-shot panorama at the Corner -
no Leukon tonight.
with water temps in the mid-80s,
a few trout don't find the cool water of the tribs and end up disoriented to die in the shallows:
deer in the valley
August 7, 5:30PM - 78 degrees
feeding Rainbows - click on image for VIDEO
2007 White Flies
August 2nd, 9PM - 76 degrees
the water is warm tonight - too hot to catch trout
A pensive Al Mason carefully contemplates what hatch might possibly be active this time of year...
hmmm..
and his choice works:
August
3 2005 - 78 degrees - 9PM
White
Flies!
August
27 2003 - 76 degrees - 4:20PM
August
26 2003 - 74 degrees - 2PM
young
spotted salamander - some ways from the river
August
24 2003 - 65 degrees - 7:30PM
waiting
for bugs toward the tail end of the White Fly hatch - good trout temps
and a busy Sunday night for August
August
22 2003 - 78 degrees - 2:30PM
August
19 2003 - 66 degrees - 9:30PM
spent
White Flies on water
August 17 2003 - 64 degrees - 8-9PM
WHITE FLY!the evening starts as the storms part
to reveal a placid sunset - with no clue to the chaos going on below
the
first sign, bugs flying up the road
out
on the river:
bugs
that collected in a fold of my waders!
August
15 2003 - 73 degrees - 8:00PM - a 'light' White Fly hatch into
dark - it begins.
August
13 2003 - 73 degrees - 9:20PM
Water
Strider (immature) feeds on one of very few White Flies on the surface
(above/R)
hundreds of Water Striders and a few Crane Flies attracted to flashlight
beam
August
13 2003 - 79 degrees - 12:40PM
water
high and cloudy today due to thunderstorms
August
11 2003 - 78 degrees - 7:20PM
Ken
Corey throws a nice smooth loop across the Farmington with a copy of a
Dickerson 801610
August
10 2003 - 74 degrees - 8PM
storms
& waiting for the White Flies
August
8 2003 - 78 degrees - PM
heavy
air makes evening mist pour along the river
August
5 2003 - 75 degrees - 12:50PM
Corner
pool - quiet but breezy afternoon -
this
time of year most creatures stay close to the water but use the foliage
for camouflage
August
4 2003 - 77 degrees - 2:45PM
from
the Birches during a pulse of 750cfs
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Herbert E. Abrams
Artist - Aviator - Pioneer - Fisherman
March 20, 1921- August 29, 2003