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. |