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The Bronze Ghost

Sonora sucker

December 15, 2023 – It has been almost a year since I started my exploration of the Salt River.  And one task I wanted to accomplish before the year ended was to catch a Sonora sucker, something I had failed to do when this journey started in January.  I nicknamed the Sonora sucker the “Bronze …

Petroglyphs

February 20, 2023 – In addition to the canals and pueblos they built, the people of the Hohokam culture etched petroglyphs throughout the Salt River Valley.  These petroglyphs took a variety of geometric and representational forms.  We traveled to Phoenix to search for and photograph a few of these sites.  Our journey began in the …

Sonora Suckers

January 29, 2023 — I returned to the Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam soon after my first trip.  This time, in addition to my camera, I was armed with my flyrod.  I was intrigued by the idea of catching a Sonora sucker, a fish native to the ecosystem.  While most of the other anglers …