Updates from August 15, 2005

A small, old rock wing dam has created an excellent riffle and pool in this classic trout stream.

This incredibly expensive estate holds most of the land on a prime upper stretch of one of the midwest's best trout streams, and it's the envy of hundreds of anglers who float by it every summer.

This colorful brown was my dad's first nice trout on a dry fly. It was also the best of the day, taken with a nice cast after doing some slightly crazy wading through silt and deep water to get into position.

I photographed this cedar waxwing from the canoe as we passed by it.

Some mergansers stretch and prepare to evacuate their rock as our canoe nears.

Several mergansers leave their rock in a mess.