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| Rio Cebolla valley |
A few weeks ago before snow was promised a coworker, Byron, and I decided to go for a day hike up in the Jemez Mountains. He is a borderline fanatical fly-fisherman and has tried to recruit me to be a like minded fly-fisherman. To this point I have resisted. We get along fine on our hikes, he fishes and I photograph whatever gets my attention. We both have a great time!
We went up to the Rio Cebolla just north of the Seven Springs Fish Hatchery. The hatchery grows cutthroat trout which live in upper portions of the Rio Cebolla.
We hiked and fished approximately 2.5 miles up the valley, I’d guess 3 – 4 miles of stream, with all the twists and turns it takes. Byron caught four brown trout (catch and release) and I shot dozens of images. All we saw that day were two other fly-fishermen.
It was cold that morning when we arrived, the outside car thermometer said 19! It warmed up to the low 50's by the time we stopped for lunch. You can see ice along the edges of the stream in several of the images.
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| View around Gilman Tunnel |
On our return trip back home we went by way of the Gilman Tunnels along the Rio Guadalupe. The tunnels were created in the 1920’s for a logging railroad. |
| View around Gilman Tunnel |
Thank you for stopping by,
Mark
Gosh Mark, why would you go all the way to British Columbia when you have such amazing scenery in your back yard??? Sooo a new hobby coming up in 2013, fly fishing???
ReplyDeleteNot at this time. I saw several photos from the guys that fly-fish and found that I like the scenery where they were fishing rather than the rivers they were doing their fishing. I have enough hobbies right now.
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