Tuesday, July 17, 2012

   Every summer, thou shalt ski these lines at least once


 This ski trip doubled as a geology field trip. clockwise from left: red shale, yellow shale, limestone, glacial conglomerate, cacite crystals cementing fragments of chert.




 Charlie Brown (foreground), good lookin' fella, and Cut Throat Killa' (background, my PG rated  fishing alter ego, also a good lookin' fella)


 Just a week ago Matt Johnson landed an anomolous 13 inch rainbow trout with a patchy red belly. We regreted not having cameras. This week, from the same creek, I landed three of these rainbows with gold tipped dorsals and had a camera. At least two of them were certainly different fish based on length. What is it? Is this creek laden with mutagens?





Also gold tipped, look close. These fish were strong and appeared healthy.