i took another one of my regular trips to the stream today. i go down here about once a week just to spend time. i love it down there. sometimes i fish for golden shiner with size 20 hooks, sometimes i try to net minnows, sometimes i set a minnow trap just to see how much and what i can catch, and then release them back. i caught some warmouths i didnt know were in there once!

well today i set the trap and i netted a few things. mainly minnows, snails, and dragonfly larvae.

as i was walking back home the sun was shining on the water and i just had to take a picture. this started a photography spree, and i kept walking up stream (i have never been upstream before) looking for the perfect spot to take a picture of the sun shining on the water.

i took a lot of pictures, so i will post links instead of posting pictures.

minnows in the flooded downstream part:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3106.jpg

the sun shining on the water (that inspired my photo spree):

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3111.jpg

close up of the rippling water over gravel (camera was about a centimeter from the surface of the water):

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3112.jpg

closer close up:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3117.jpg

a really awesome part of the stream (far upstream) with a whole lot of clay (all that on the right is clay) and very steep banks:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3122.jpg

a close up of the running water by the clay:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3123.jpg

a close up of the close up (i really like this one, i have it set as my desktop background):

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Creek/100_3124.jpg

Thanks for sharing your little stream with us.

You are in touch with the environment young man.....Great photo's and thanks for posting them. Easy to tell you are conservation minded because only such people find time to admire nature at it's finest.

Big O

Easy to tell you are conservation minded because only such people find time to admire nature at it's finest.

I've spent a lot of time exploring little streams. My Dad and I fished every little crick in our area; He was a creek runner too.

I've lost streams too, to development. No one even notices them. So sad.

Nice to know others out there notice too.

Dave, Very nice post.

Very cool pictures. Looks like a nice relaxing day.