Monthly Archives: October 2012

Autumn Journal: October 30

Posted on October 30, 2012 by rivertoprambles

The sensation was a little spooky. I was fishing with friends on northern New York’s Salmon River, and no one was catching anything, not the hardware angler on the bank, nor the guys out wading with a fly rod, nor the numerous client/guide … Continue reading →

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Bridge Over the Atlantic

Posted on October 28, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Daughter Alyssa is spending a year in Glasgow, Scotland while in grad school. She’s had opportunities to travel the old country and to send some wonderful photographic reflections. One set of photos got me thinking of a “Bridge Over the … Continue reading →

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Autumn Journal: October 25

Posted on October 25, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Lately I’ve been thinking of some anchorholds in this crazy life of mine. The first thing that came to mind is not the most significant anchorhold, but it’s pretty hefty nonetheless: Flyfishing is my anchorhold in a world gone mad. … Continue reading →

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Kings’ End

Posted on October 21, 2012 by rivertoprambles

I went north to check on Lake Ontario tribs, expecting the worst. The flow at Oak Orchard Creek would be good, of course, but packed with anglers; the other tribs would be hardly wet for all our lack of rain. … Continue reading →

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Autumn Journal: October 15

Posted on October 18, 2012 by rivertoprambles

[The four posts of my “Autumn Journal” series from this time of year in 2011 were moderately successful, in my opinion. To celebrate the first birthday of Rivertop Rambles, I’d like to add a post or two to the Journal series here in … Continue reading →

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The Slate Run Odyssey, Part 13

Posted on October 15, 2012 by rivertoprambles

I began this walk at the Seven-Mile area of Slate and proceeded slowly toward the confluence of the Francis and Cushman branches, commonly acknowedged as the head of Slate Run proper. Here the gradient was lesser than downstream, but the wading … Continue reading →

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The Slate Run Odyssey, Part 12

Posted on October 10, 2012 by rivertoprambles

At first, my descent into the gorge felt like a typical Monday morning in October, dark and frosty, uninviting, but the picture brightened soon enough. It was Columbus Day, which meant a day off from work. Starting my Slate Run footwork … Continue reading →

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Flatland Ramble (2)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by rivertoprambles

[The second and final set of excerpts from “The River’s Edge,” a narrative chapter from my book called River’s Edge, WTB, 2008] “My first four or five trips to the Oak were unsuccessful, but eventually the law of averages caught … Continue reading →

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Invitation

Posted on October 6, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Set aside books and camera. Enter pine and maple woods where meadow eases into autumn’s fire-leaf and birdwing canopy. There is wildness in the robin, a divinity where no one stands to taste wild apple or to hear the distant … Continue reading →

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Flatland Ramble (1)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by rivertoprambles

It’s getting to be that season when an angler’s fancy turns to the big fish of the Great Lakes tributary spawn. I thought it might be interesting to revisit the Lake Ontario tribs by checking into the narrative “The River’s Edge,” … Continue reading →

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