We’ve settled into summer. The mornings are cool and the afternoons are hot, so we travel in the morning hours and are comfortably ensconced in AC by late afternoon.
This will be the rhythm of our days for the next few months.
Back on the Crooked River we’re looking for a Caddisfly hatch.
We have had lots of success on the river in the last few weeks. The dry fly fishing season is in full swing and the Crooked is at peak performance.
We were treated to a Great Blue Heron sunning on a rock. Usually they are kind of skittish and you don’t get much chance to grab a pix. This was not the case this day. He was quite satisfied to just lounge by the stream.
We then watched him as he fly-hopped along the edge of the water in search of his next meal. It was a real treat!
The Osprey flew by a few times, hunting the length of the canyon it seemed.
He did rest a few minutes on the other side of the river, passed with a fish in his talons and generally harassed the fish population on our stretch of the river. So I guess we were in similar pursuits.