Saturday, June 25, 2016

A Small Stream Through The Seasons

I received an e-mail from a gentleman who lives in Ohio. He's a follower of my blog and finds the streams I fish as well as the fish themselves to be some of the most beautiful he has ever seen. In Ohio so much of the fishing is warm-water and to see our streams is such a pleasure. His question was do the streams dry up, and how do the wild trout fare through the seasons. My reply to him was this. The trout survive because the streams they live in do hold up well enough to sustain them. The waters flow through deep shaded valleys. The also have springs that seep up through the stream bottom providing cool water. Most of the streams also have some pretty deep plunge pools which provide oxygenated water as well as cover from natural predators. Below is a series of photos of the same stream through the seasons, that is Autumn, Winter and Spring.


















22 comments:

  1. your waters are truly unique and different than hot, often stagnant, sometimes bone-dry texas.

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    1. TexWisGirl
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      Theresa hopefully they will remain as such.

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  2. Alan, your small streams are indeed a pleasure to look at and to read about. To have that type resource is remarkable. I sure appreciate you sharing your streams and adventures with all of us!

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    1. Grandpa Mel
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      Mel it's a joy for me bringing a bit of Connecticut to the all of you. We are fortunate.

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  3. Beautiful pictures as always, Alan. Your friend from Ohio may be interested to know that there is unique strain of brook trout living in the headwaters of the Chagrin River water basin in Northeast Ohio. It is not legal to catch them, but they are there.

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    1. Parachute Adams
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      Sam, thank you for bringing this info to us. After reading your comment I looked up Ohio in Nick Karas' book "Brook Trout" and there it was....brook trout in Ohio.

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  4. One would not think Oho had brook trout, but they do. http://www.fondriest.com/news/ohio-brook-trout-sulphur-springs.htm

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    1. Parachute Adams
      Sam I read the article and I sure hope the efforts of those agencies works. T find these fish still holding on is a tribute to their tenacity and and some help from a higher supporter of wild brook trout.

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  5. A good question and an equally good answer. If you want to know something about a stream, go right to the source.

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    1. Mark Kautz-Shoreman
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      Mark, good advice.

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  6. Ok. That's it. I'm gonna head to the cooler climate for some brookies. Double win!!

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    1. THE RIVER DAMSEL
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      OK Emily I'll be waiting on your report.

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  7. Alan
    Just wondering what is the average temperature in those streams during the hot summer months? Beautiful brook trout!! thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bill they run about 66 degrees on average, which is well within the that safe zone for trout.

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  8. Your photographic essay certainly captures the seasons here in New England!! Very nice !!

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    1. TROUTI
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      Pete that full stream sure looks good, not so does the snow.

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  9. really gives me a lot of envy and I am a fan of that environment that you enjoy there, here in Tierra del Fuego we have cold weather and cold water, which is good for trout species, only we have little choice and unfortunately many depredation .

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    1. Armando Milosevic
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      Armando we are fortunate to have some wonderful places in which to pursue wild trout. Cold is good but not if you can't use it to your advantage.

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  10. Alan, viewing this is an exercise in meditation.

    Such a tiny creek...

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    1. Fading Angler
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      Chris that it is. What a wonderful feeling I have when I visit such places.

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  11. Alan,
    Thank you for taking us (me) thru the seasons of this wonderful place you live and fish! I particularly liked the big fish from the smallest of waters. Amazing!
    I really enjoy your blog Alan! It is refreshing and is a real pick me up just at the right times!
    Dougsden

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    1. Dougsden
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      Doug those little blue lines can hold some big fish. To me it doesn't matter the size but the places they inhabit.

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