Tag Archives: native trout
Native Uprisings
With the long holiday weekend and commencement of a new summer season, city folks were up in the mountains at their streamside camps, and some of them were swimming, sunbathing, while the little ones were buzzing around the yards and … Continue reading
Ghost Water
Most of the smaller streams in this rivertop region once had native brook trout in them. Relatively few of those streams that held trout are a home for them today. Bootleg Hollow Creek, the stream that flows by my house and whose … Continue reading
Blueliner (for Natives)
I’ve always loved those thin blue lines on topographic maps. I’ve liked their free-form routes through the hills and mountains leading to the larger creeks and rivers that depend on them for sustenance. Those squiggly blue lines on topo maps … Continue reading
A Small Stream Repair Kit
Whether on public or on private land, many of our nation’s streams have been hurt by the push of civilization. The hand that hurt the small stream in the past can assist it in the healing process of the present. Since … Continue reading
The Triple Divide (1)
In an earlier post entitled “Three River Rise” (12/19/11) I gave an introduction to a special hill in north-central Pennsylvania. The hill near Gold, PA is the place where three rivers are born, where three major watersheds share a common … Continue reading
Brookies at the Fracking Zone
I recently spent a couple afternoons looking for brook trout near the Triple Divide. To fish northern Pennsylvania in mid-winter is a rare event for me, but the weather has been warm and sadly bereft of snow. The triple watershed … Continue reading
