I’ve gotten like that too. I spent much more time with the camera than I did fishing although I did catch the limit on that stream. After I hiked to it, the stream I wanted to fish was still too high but I found some flowers along it that were new to me.
There are some snow banks on all of the higher mountains and quite a bit left on the real tall ones on the north sides.
There’s always time for both. I have some friends who really love little brook trout though and so I always try to catch a dozen or so for them. I prefer larger ones that we can cook on the grill.
I love this little daisy allowing a butterfly to rest for a bit! And an ant cooling itself in the shade under a petal! (or hiding from the b’fly!) You got a grand slam on this one! So sorry you didn’t get the fish….but in my eyes you definitely got a prize! 😉
That’s along a small stream that I have fished ever since in the 40’s. I go there now to bring back a dozen or so small brook trout for an old friend who loves to eat them but can no longer fish herself. On many trips though I end up with more photos than fish. It’s still a beautiful place and it hold lots of great memories for me.
I couldn’t have passed it up. But then, I don’t even go out to garden without my camera.
Do you still have snow in the mountaintops?
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Comment by sandy — June 26, 2010 @ 6:04 am
I’ve gotten like that too. I spent much more time with the camera than I did fishing although I did catch the limit on that stream. After I hiked to it, the stream I wanted to fish was still too high but I found some flowers along it that were new to me.
There are some snow banks on all of the higher mountains and quite a bit left on the real tall ones on the north sides.
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Comment by montucky — June 26, 2010 @ 7:04 am
Now, that is flower power! Have lovely the perky butterfly in the daisy. Butterfly smiling for the camera? 🙂
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Comment by Anna — June 26, 2010 @ 9:48 am
“Flower power”: I like that! It was perky, didn’t sit still long.
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Comment by montucky — June 27, 2010 @ 6:50 am
That’s a perfect shot! I’ve never gotten a good b-fly shot.
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Comment by Candace — June 26, 2010 @ 10:19 am
I’ve found that to get good butterfly shots you have to depend entirely on luck.
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Comment by montucky — June 27, 2010 @ 6:51 am
Oh – how true is that?
Lovely capture Terry!
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Comment by Stacey Dawn — June 26, 2010 @ 10:55 am
Thanks, Stacey!
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Comment by montucky — June 27, 2010 @ 6:52 am
I think this butterfly was watching you rather closely. He doesn’t look too sure of you and appears apprehensive of your actions. Great capture.
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Comment by Preston Surface — June 27, 2010 @ 5:51 am
I had a very hard time getting close to this one until I think he finally just got curious.
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Comment by montucky — June 27, 2010 @ 6:54 am
Aww. pretty nice fishing trip.
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Comment by Bo Mackison — June 28, 2010 @ 8:05 am
Yup. Three nice brown trout and a dozen photos all in one stretch of about a hundred yards of river.
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Comment by montucky — June 28, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
I think I prefer the photos! 🙂
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Comment by silken — July 1, 2010 @ 6:50 am
There’s always time for both. I have some friends who really love little brook trout though and so I always try to catch a dozen or so for them. I prefer larger ones that we can cook on the grill.
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Comment by montucky — July 1, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
cooking them on the grill would make all the fishing worthwhile…though I would have to have someone else do all the cleaning!
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Comment by silken — July 14, 2010 @ 5:34 pm
I love this little daisy allowing a butterfly to rest for a bit! And an ant cooling itself in the shade under a petal! (or hiding from the b’fly!) You got a grand slam on this one! So sorry you didn’t get the fish….but in my eyes you definitely got a prize! 😉
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Comment by Judy — January 14, 2012 @ 10:27 am
That’s along a small stream that I have fished ever since in the 40’s. I go there now to bring back a dozen or so small brook trout for an old friend who loves to eat them but can no longer fish herself. On many trips though I end up with more photos than fish. It’s still a beautiful place and it hold lots of great memories for me.
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Comment by montucky — January 14, 2012 @ 10:44 pm