Copperhead

We were down on Grouse Creek looking for a place to clean a fish when Derek spotted this beautiful little critter. After it crawled under a rock near the spot we had chosen we decided to find a different place.

Wrought Iron Bridge Company

"The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton, Ohio. It specialized, as the name would suggest, in the fabrication of iron truss bridges and was a prolific bridge builder in the late 19th century. It was one of the 28 firms consolidated by JP Morgan into the American Bridge Company in 1900."
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Found this marquee photo on Flickr

Walnut River Bridge (Butler County, Kansas)

Son, that's a big fish!

A nice flathead D and I caught at Grouse Creek last weekend on a 3/4 lb drum. We measured the length at around 40 inches but didn't weigh it, we guessed around 30 - 35 lbs.

Fall River in Konzascope!

No folks, this isn't How the West Was Won, but it might be How the Midwest Was Won! Kansas is going widescreen via KonzaScope! Enjoy, haha!




Mossy Ford - Access Point


Twin Falls - Access Point


Good looking stretch of Fall river


Fall River Dam

Otter was flowing around 2.5' at 80 CFS'ish this weekend. Didn't catch the lake levels, but still low for a fun run at Twins Falls or Mossy Ford.

Stayed tuned for more KoNzAsCoPe! panoramic goodies coming soon!

Bobcat

Derek and I were floating a small creek in Butler county last week when a movement on the bank caught my eye. " Derek!" I whispered urgently, "Bobcat!" He whispered back, "Camera!" The bag containing the camera was behind the seat of my kayak and I fumbled around inside feeling for it, never taking my eye off the cat. As I groped around the bobcat made a continuous low growling sound and followed us walking along the bank. I finally got the camera in my hands and managed to snap a few quick pictures . It was early morning and the bright light in the field behind the cat made it difficult to get a good shot, but I did capture a few decent ones before it wandered into the field.