Fly Fishing - Big Horn River

Big Mike · Jul 24, 2006

This is a shot from a few weeks ago. For his stag party, my wife's cousin went camping/fishing for a week to a place called Crescent Falls. It was a great time. On this day we hiked up the river a few kilometers and found this great spot to fish. He eventually caught a keeper and we cooked it up for supper. I printed this one at 8x10 and I'm giving it to him as a wedding gift. What do you think?

Cheyenne · Jul 24, 2006

What a gorgeous place

I love the different aspects to the shot too like th river bed, the river itself, the trees in the distance etc.

The colours are also lovely.

LaFoto · Jul 25, 2006

Those trees in the background are amazing!
I like how we can see the line flying ... though I think it is a pity he is looking towards the short end of the frame...

Antarctican · Jul 25, 2006

That's a nice shot and one I'm sure will be very special to him. Those trees in the background are beautiful, and I love the colour of the water, the opening in the rocks, and the view of the riverbed in the foreground.

mentos_007 · Jul 25, 2006

I am sure he will love this pic!

JTHphoto · Jul 25, 2006

cool shot big mike! I'm going to very similar place in 2 days... i can't wait. My bro-in-law had the nerve to call me from camp and tell me he caught a 20" German brown trout. that's double the size of the fish we usually catch out of that stream...

Big Mike · Jul 25, 2006

Thanks for the comments.

I'm surprised to read so many comments on the trees, I think those are Black Spruce...the ugliest tree in the boreal forest.

Lafoto, Yes, I also wish he was facing more into the frame...it would have added some interest...but I wanted to get the rocky river bed in as the foreground as much as I could. This is the full shot, the 8x10 cropped version is not quite as nice (IMO). If I cropped to keep the right side, he was right in the middle and it looked silly...so I had to crop it with him even closer to the right side.

Wow, a 20" trout...that is big. The biggest one we caught was a 13 1/2" cut-throat. I've got a shot of it, I'll post it if/when I get a chance.

JTHphoto · Jul 25, 2006

Big Mike said:
Thanks for the comments.

I'm surprised to read so many comments on the trees, I think those are Black Spruce...the ugliest tree in the boreal forest.

Lafoto, Yes, I also wish he was facing more into the frame...it would have added some interest...but I wanted to get the rocky river bed in as the foreground as much as I could. This is the full shot, the 8x10 cropped version is not quite as nice (IMO). If I cropped to keep the right side, he was right in the middle and it looked silly...so I had to crop it with him even closer to the right side.

Wow, a 20" trout...that is big. The biggest one we caught was a 13 1/2" cut-throat. I've got a shot of it, I'll post it if/when I get a chance.

yeah, that's about the biggest i've ever caught, a rainbow i think. This was a german brown, it's the 2nd of this size my family has taken out of this river/stream....