"Man this water is getting cold, I shoulda worn my waders......"

Yea, that was my first thought after going up to my upper thighs to retrieve a stuck nymph off the bottom on the first pool on the day wearing shorts

Today I decided to take pictures of fish entirely below the surface of the water for a change.  Both for the fishes sake and to get some much needed practice with some underwater photos. 

Its a bit like shooting in the dark, many many photos came out like this....sans fish or parts of fish.
 

Ok....getting better now....please hold still.
 

As the afternoon went by I found that I was getting no better but as it turned out luck was on my side for a few more. 
 

This guy would NOT be still for even a second, a slight cradle of the hand seemed to calm him down a bit for a quick snap.
 

After releasing a decent sized fish and drying my fly off a bit I delivered a cast near a deep undercut of shale and to my delight a large shape appeared and inspected my nymph(and rejected) only to promptly do a 180 and slam the dry instead.   Very cool to see.

Unfortunately I only got a few snaps in before he gave a mighty shake and snapped my line and skittered off into the darkness.  Oh well....at least I got a partial.
 

Hey Lee thanks.  Those fish are not browns but small wild Land Locked Salmon smolts from one of the big lakes here.  I caught a bunch awhile back and emailed pictures with the location to Don Millar (Lakes region Biologist) and he confirmed my findings.  The places where LLS spawn naturally are very few and far between in this state, he told me this find was indeed very special.

Thanks Dave, the camera is nothing fancy, its just refurb point and shoot Olympus TG-820 I got off amazon on the cheapo.