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Snakeflyfisher

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Simple living in a log cabin along the Snake River, plus catch-&-release fly-fishing. Out West.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · Nov 25

A Snake River Fall-run Brown #Trout. Great run this Fall! Just my way of fly-fishing, I use barbless hooks & don't remove the fish from water. Quick photo, flick of the wrist & off the trout goes. I don't pass judgement on others, simply my way of fishing.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 14h

My wife wanted a diff't vantage of the beaver log photo from yesterday. So, we went back down to the Snake for a photo with more view of opposite river bank. Have to admit, I like this one better. Skies will clear today with lows to 21° & highs to mid-40s, rest of this week.

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Jeremy DeHart @jeremydehartwx.bsky.social · 17h

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

No, all the ones I've seen lately are past prime. Has been freezing at night for a week. Plus, this one had some gnaw marks on one side...like mouse or chipmunk.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Small oyster mushroom on a last-year, beaver downed cottonwood, along the Snake, this AM.

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 1d

The side of Earth you never see. It has Point Nemo in the middle, which recently a father and son swam through for the first time ever👇
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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Morning fire's made, water is boiled & coffee pressed. Upper 20s wind-chill outside, rain along Snake River with snow in mountains from Sun Valley, Yellowstone & to the Tetons. So, just relaxing with biscotti this AM.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise along the Snake. Snow forecast by tomorrow evening. Read that Yellowstone is closing some roadways today due to winter weather advisory.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Stoking the woodstove fire. 32° outside, rain forecast by afternoon with snow tomorrow. We slept in this AM. Usually up at 5 AM, today 6:30! Will put coffee on soon. Morning cabin chill already gone.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 3d

28° outside with clear skies. My gold: quaking aspen...just catching the morning light of sunrise. Also, spruce trees are loaded with cones this year. Maybe get some red and white-winged crossbills show up this winter for cone seeds.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 4d

Woodlot well-stocked & wood is split. Brought up sev loads into garage. Tonight, clear & cold. Front arrives Sat afternoon: cold, wet, then snow. Decided to fire up the stove this evening &, indeed, warm & cozy!

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 4d

First fire in the woodstove of the season. Dropping to upper 20s tonight. Snow forecast by Sat evening. There was a bit of a chill in the place, now toasty warm.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 4d

Quaking aspen trees in front turned gold quickly this year! A windstorm blew a lot of the leaves away before I could get a photo of their color. The narrow leaf cottonwoods are done for the season. If forecasts are correct, looks like a winter storm this wkend.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 7d

After 8 hr of 40+ mph winds yest, alot of trees are now bare & remaining color is muted compared to past 10 days. Tonight, temp is dropping into mid 2Os, hi today was 46°. Spectacular fall color along the Snake this yr, while it lasted!

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 8d

So, not only US soybean farmers. Next, it will be the cattle ranchers. Got it. So much winning...???

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 8d

Sunrise photo 32° F this AM. Phone photo blurs the colors together, but actually, past peak. Cottonwoods have lost 30% leaves & colors muted now. Quakies in middle are now turning gold & look great at our elevation. In another WK, most cottonwoods will have dropped leaves. A beautiful Fall, tho!

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 9d

Showed this trump AI video to the neighborhood Bald Eagle. He's like...What the 💩💩💩?!!!

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 9d

Past 3 days have gone from "peak" to "past peak" Fall color, along my stretch of the Snake. Colors are fading, more muted & leaves are falling. Glad my sister visited at just the right time! Have visited NE Canada & US for Fall color &, indeed, beautiful. But, still something about Rocky Mtn Fall...

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 9d

32° & frost this AM. Sun's coming up & cottonwoods, willows & quakies are ablaze. Blew out sprinkler system yest, winterized & turned off irrigation pump. Older sister just finished visiting us for a WK & had never seen such fall color, she was amazed! Woodlot in good supply, readying for winter.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 10d

Walked out to the barn & accidentally scared up muledeer doe & fawn bedded under front quakies. Quickly snapped blurry phone photo as they leaped fence into pasture. Extended forecast: lows to freezing mark & below, highs into low 50s, some moisture, next 5 days.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 10d

Very cool! Thanks!

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 10d

Please feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong on my identification of fossil from Piazzo San Marco. I'm very amateur re; fossils. Would be interested if you might know age of the stones used in that square, as well.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 10d

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I missed seeing the gastropod sev yrs ago at Newton's gravesite in Westminster Abbey. A reason to return. But, last month, saw a large nautiloid fossil on a step at Piazzo San Marco in Venice.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 11d

Amazing! Interesting how diff't eras, have their own style of photography.

Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 11d

Sister is visiting us & shared some fam photos I didn't have. Photo: Grandpa holding my Dad, 1927, at W TX ranch. Sis told me GF & GM grew sev acre garden & Great GM, nearby, kept large kettle soup heated (like an Irish famine pot), all to help feed folks traveling thru during Depression.

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Snakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 11d

43° & rain, dropping to freezing mark tonight, along the Snake this AM. More of a Pacific NW weather pattern last few days, than a Rocky Mtn one. The moisture is definitely needed, tho. And Fall continues its march towards Winter.

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