HOUSATONIC RODS
RIVER PHOTOS
the river by month:
Photos & text © Wm Abrams - protected by copyrightSee copyright information HERE for details
2007
photos taken with LUMIX DMC-TZ1
with DC Vario Elmarit LEICA lens
1:2.8-4.2/5.2-52 ASPH.
DECEMBER 2007December 17, 3:45PM - 28 degrees
NOVEMBER 2007November 3, 1PM
A seasonal cool, overcast and breezy start to the month
OCTOBER 2007October 28 - 4:30PM
today on the Shepaug
October 19 - patience, 2 yr old "Lady Luck" watches ducks from the riverbank
October 18, 55 degrees 8:30AM
morning fog
October 16, 57 degrees 4:20PM
Red-Tail enjoying the last thermals of the day
Olive Spinners in the sunlight -
Click image below to watch the VIDEO:
October 12, 48 degrees 5:30PM
October 12, 54 degrees 1:30PM
rain is bringing the river back up closer to 'normal'
- the past month's flows from USGS:
October 10, 61 degrees 2:30PM
healthy watershed / healthy amphibians
unusual to see salamanders this late in the year, but long-overdue rain showers bring them out of hiding
young Spotted Salamander
adult Red-Backed Salamander
October 6, 78 degrees 6:50PM
unusually warm weather makes for brilliant colors at sunset
October 4, 74 degrees 5:30PM
water is still low - thankfully staying cool enough to suit the trout, sipping tiny olives throughout the day
SEPTEMBER 2007September 26, 74 degrees 6PM
large fish rising on spent Olives tonight
- short VIDEO
the beauty of nature in all shapes - turkey vulture dines on a dead sucker:
September 22, 71 degrees 4PM
Isonychias and Olives
September 21, 75 degrees around 7:30PM
Harry stalks a riser
& Scotty gets run in a circle by a big Bow.
September 20, 74 degrees 7-8PM
someone requested more fish shots, so here's a typical short evening on the river - in fish:
September 14, 70 degrees 8:05PM
plenty trout rising aggressively at dusk, well into the dark - a small brown Caddis appeared briefly, but the staple was the late season Yellow Cahill (Steno.) spinner in the dark:
September 12, 65 degrees
the sky is beginning to look more Autumnal:
And with recent rain, the flow is back to a more normal 300+cfs
September 7, 77 degrees 6:20PM
Water still dropping - above the Corner to Monument - 90cfs
September 4, 69 degrees 6PM
Low water - the Meadows at 100cfs
at least the water temps aren't as brutal as last week.
September 4, ~8PM
Dave Shannon with a nice Housy Rainbow
(September 29th 2006)
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:
JULY 2007
July 30, 8:45 to 9:20 PM - 74 degrees
first heavy White Fly hatch I can recall seeing in July
click on photo below for video:
Ken Corey and George Black fish in the mist on the Farmington - 80 degrees out & my legs go numb with the cold
July sky over the Meadows
a nice summer thunderhead
Fish in the refuge
(shot with circ. polarizer)
July brings out the animals:
Like a Moose, a velvet Buck grazes on the river bottom.
same Buck a few weeks later
JUNE 2007Fishing by Moonlight, 2 minute time exposure
up from Monument
a nice evening Brown
MAY 2007
May 3, 2007
fisherman fighting a large fish hooked at the Wall - (click image for video of fight)
Otter in the Meadows - fun to watch but not a good sign
APRIL 2007Brown rising for Hendricksons
Don catches and lets him go
April 26, 2007
Hooded Merganser
April 30 - 23" Pike at the Wall
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