HOUSATONIC RODS
SEPTEMBERthe river by month:Photos & text © Wm Abrams - protected by copyright See copyright information HERE for details
September 28 2003 - 68 degrees - 12:15PM
a midday rain brings the Housy even higher
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..late season Yellow Drakes??
(center tail broken)
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decisions, decisions...September 27 2003 - 68 degrees - 12:15PM
away from the Housatonic for the day, Rolf Jacobsen lands a nice Rainbow
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September 26 2003 - 10:00AM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"Brotherhood of the Bamboo"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
September 25 2003 - 65 degrees - 6:45PM
a peaceful night right before still more rain hit
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September 24 2003 - 56 degrees - 9:30AM
Housy swells quickly (up 500% above mean flow for this time) after some heavy rainstorms on the 23rd
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September 24 2003 - 50 degrees - 8:45AM
Farther downstream the Housy roars at Bull's Bridge / Ten Mile confluence:
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and at Kent Falls
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September 21 2003 - 64 degrees - 6:30PM
don't forget the native spawning Brookies are beginning to run
up higher Housy tribs
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a small local stream I have fished since I was 5 years old
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September 16 2003 - 60 degrees - 5:25PM
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two of many busy risers this PMSeptember 14 2003 - 60 degrees - 5:05PM
die-hards share the river and the rain with a flock of geese
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September 10 2003 - 60 degrees - AM
Isonychia bicolor - spinner (male)
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"Look, Flaps, first I say, 'what we gonna do?' and then you say, 'what you wanna do?..' " ¹
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September 08 2003 - 57 degrees - 7:30AM
this time of year, a cloudy morning in the valley can sometimes be a bright clear day up in the hills
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September 07 2003 - 73 degrees - 6PM
working a big picky riser at the bottom of the Meadows
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September 06 2003 - 71 degrees - 3PM
no risers this quiet afternoon
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Photos & text © Wm Abrams - protected by copyright
See copyright information HERE for detailsPlease forgive typos, misspellings and 'server stutter' - prices and specifications subject to change periodically NOTE: Please feel free to use photos for personal computer desktops but do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter / magazine without prior permission. I make the digital originals available in good faith, please don't abuse that availability.
¹ Disney's the Jungle Book (the movie)