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Monthly Archives: March 2014
The Founders’ Rod
At the spring meeting of the Slate Run Sportsmen (SRS) in Slate Run, PA, I got surprised. Just prior to commencement of the business meeting for members of the group dedicated to preservation of the Pine Creek Valley and to … Continue reading
Amazing Rainbow Grace
With an air temperature of 23 degrees F., and with gusts of wind and cloud-cover, fishing wasn’t bound to be particularly comfortable today. I was willing, however, to give the fly rod an hour or so of exercise. I could … Continue reading
It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Fishin’)
“He not busy being born is busy dying.“– Bob Dylan The early spring day started off rainy and then turned partly sunny, all the while punctuated by heavy winds. A good day to fly-fish? Following a winter of currents under … Continue reading
How Spring Came to the River Tops
I’d left the block of wood to age and mellow. I couldn’t split it with an ax. It seemed too large and knotty for use as firewood. Weeks later I took the ax and swung again. The impact on my … Continue reading
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Tagged ax & maul, Equinox, firewood, mind control, prose poem, Spring, sun & earth, wfranklin poetry, winter thoughts
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Spring Creek, the Turning
Saturday looked like the best of the weekend for a final shot at fishing Spring Creek this season. I’d had good luck here on two previous outings this winter, so I approached the water calmly, ready to accept whatever my … Continue reading
Greenback
Listening to a recent report about the reconstruction efforts from the Colorado floods of 2013, I was pleased that many of the residents along the Eastern Front of the Rockies were getting their lives back together again. A family visit … Continue reading
Midge Madness (Spring Creek)
Along with NPR’s early morning broadcast of an ancient hymn, I heard the first sweet phrases of a migrant robin near the yard. I stepped to the porch in my bare feet for a clearer sound of both music sources, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Midge, dry fly, Griffith's Gnat, limestone fisheries, midges, scuds, Spring Creek, stream life, wild brown trout, winter fly-fishing
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My Short List, Favorite Flies
According to natural law (and contrary to the fears of some of us enduring the northern winter this year), a warmer season will commence before long, and with it shall come another year of fly-fishing and enjoyment of the streams and … Continue reading
Coming Off the Ridge
I’ve always enjoyed Edwin Way Teale’s four-volume, continent-wide survey of the American seasons, especially the first book, North With the Spring. I reexamined the book recently and got motivated for some hiking, with the goal of finding signs of the approaching … Continue reading
Speckled Trout (The Vandermark)
The following reflects a distant time when I first noticed the desire to write creatively. More than pure nostalgia, the photo-poem is aimed at the place where a traveler starts out on a journey uncertain of its destination. Creating it has … Continue reading
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Tagged astral weeks, brook trout, kerouac, photo-poem, poetry of place, speckled trout, Vandermark Creek, walt franklin poetry
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Rivertop Rambles 