Brown Trout & Rocks (Pic Heavy)

not much for trout but I like the rocks!! I miss fall colors - we dont get much of that down here

lol, Don. Well, I prefer a salt, pepper and garlic rub followed by a dredge in flour and cornmeal. Then they are soaked in a mixture of bacon grease and olive oil heated to 400 F., until the skin turns a golden brown. After that they are ready to be cut and polished off. ;D

Bill

This reminds me of a true story about my youngest daughter.
We had relatives living on North Padre Island in Texas that had a boat. One summer we went down to go fishing, my daughter was about 12 and only been fishing a few times in her life. We were out about an hour and she got a bite............she hooked it and begin to reel it in but did so to fast. Needless to say, the fish broke away and swam off, my daughter looked at me with sad eyes, leaned over the boat and said......................




"Here fishy fishy fishy!"

True story! LOL

The short answer is they can be most anything, whatever the glaciers took out of the many layers and deposited in the alluvial gravels.

I have looked into this, as I find woods that have very large rings and others that are very small as well as the occasional burl. As we are about 60 miles from Yellowstone park, I have been able to find info from studies done there, it is an amazing amount, due to the long volcanic history of this area.
The Eocene to Oligocene deposits containing the fossil forests consist mainly of multiple layers This series of volcanic tree-containing deposits rests on various surfaces, although most often they overlie Cambrian or Mississippian beds. Yellowstone area petrified forests are unusual because of the many levels stacked one upon another. The greatest sequence of superimposed fossil forest levels is located in the Specimen Creek area where 65 or more levels can be counted The wide range of species is explained by a wide range of elevations in the prehistoric mountain range provided. Following the eruptions, the cool climate species were transported down the mountains and came to rest near the warm climate species.
A partial list:
Abies............................ fir
Juglans ........................ walnut
Acacia ......................... acacia
Larix ............................. larch
Acer ............................. maple
Laurus .......................... laurel
Aralia ........................... spikenard
Magnolia ..................... magnolia
Arctostaphylos......... bearberry
Myrica...................... bayberry
Artocarpus................... breadfruit
Pandanus .................... screw pine
Betula ........................... birch
Persea .......................... bay
Carya ........................... hickory
Pinus ............................ pine
Castanea....................... chestnut
Platanus ...................... sycamore
Castanopsis ................. chinquapin
Quercus ...................... oak
Cercidiphyllum ............. katsura
Rhamnus ...................... buckthorn
Cinnamomum.................. cinnamon
Salix ............................... willow
Cornus ........................... dogwood
Sapindus ...................... soap berry
Corylus ........................... birch
Sequoia ......................... redwood
Cycad .......................sago palm
Sparganium .................bur-reed
Euonymus ....................... staff tree
Thuja .............................. cedar
Tilia ................................. linden
Ficus ................................ fig
Ulmus ............................. elm
Fraxinus ........................... olive family
Viburnum......................... arrowwood
Horsetails ..........(several species)
Vitis ................................. grape
Hydrangea ....................... syringa

Awesome Bill, heaven without dying.

You need to find out where that cycad is. It's a beautiful wood.

Curt