Today I could count only four alevins. There are no dead fish floating, so I know there should be 24 more newly hatched trout.
Where are they? We go often to count and look and wonder.
Ah hah!
Look for the black and white eye to the right of the bright green 'rock.' Now find the dark back and tail that extends to the white round rock. Between the eyes and the tip of the tail locate the transparent egg sac right above the yellow rock. This alevin is almost 2 inches below the top of the gravel.
Is this what young trout do for survival in a cold mountain stream?
In Awe
With Heart
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