On Monday August 9th I took a solo drive up the Trunk Road to the Blackstone River. The last couple of times that I went I had friends or kids with me, and there was little opportunity for fishing, or for photography. This time I planned a little of both.
The river was much clearer than it had been a week before. I suppose that is because we haven't had any rain for a while. The fish were not rising they way that they had been on the previous visit. There was a New Moon the night before and I'm convinced that the feeding habits of fish are impacted by the phases of the moon. I fished for quite a while and was about to give up when a nice trout hit my fly. I managed to land this one, and it was a beautiful Cut Throat, about 14 inches long. I removed the fly and released the fish, as you are not allowed to keep anything from this watershed. Later in the afternoon I fished again for a while and had a couple more nice sized trout take my fly. But, they both spit out the hook before I was able to bring them to shore.
I also walked up Chungo Creek and did a little photography. I brought my Ebony 4x5 view camera with me and set it up three times, exposing a total of six sheets. This was the first time I had done any shooting with the big camera since Arturo and I visited the abandoned chemical plant back in early July. It felt really good to get out again with the camera.
I got back to the cottage in the late afternoon. Later that evening my friend Arturo and his wife Sharon arrived at the cottage. We threw together a quick meal on the BBQ and sat up visiting until the wee hours.
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