Sep 28, 2012

Postcards from the Enchanted (White) River

Summer's end, looking south from Calico Rock.


The end of a first float on the Lower
White; high winds,  a broken paddle,
and thrashed ego.
Bull Shoals Lake at sunrise.  Yes, I goosed the
saturation and added some contrast to make the image
look like something Shirakawa might have shot in the 70s.

The twins at Meersack Lake in the Delta,
looking for snakes, skinks, and spiders.

Our favorite lake in the Delta...located in the
Dagmar Wildlife Management Area. 
The boys with Jim Fortune(teller)
at Meersack Lake before we paddled
through the locks to the White River.  


A top-five stretch on the Middle White---Monkey Island
(on the left) and the primordial forest all around, accompanied
by absolutely bewildering silence.
When the car breaks down it's best to
let the good-looking guy hitch the ride.





The mouth of Moccasin Creek north
of Calico Rock, with its
enigmatic railroad trestle.
The bridges of Cotter, Arkansas.  Should make a nice
panoramic when the fall color comes. 


Can you guess what this 'was' before
it became of diving helmet for a
mussel 'hogger' on the Lower White? (Photo
made with permission from the Lower
White River Museum in Des Arc)

Lil' Dyl on Lake Meersack.
Readying for a terrifying 6-mile panic
attack from the foot of Bull Shoals Dam
to White Hole Access.  
This isn't a 'trot' line.  It's a 'snag' line
used on the Lower White.  (Photo made
by permission from Bill Sayger)



Steve Halford, my ocean fishing compadre
in California, learning that there be sea
monsters in Arkansas, too.
8 inches from being a keeper.



Last light of day at Kings River near Huntsville.