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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Small Stream Shuffle and Forest Romp
Over the past week and a half the streams and rivers of this region have settled into normal summertime flows, and I’m actually looking forward to a bit of rain again. The fishing has been good, and the streams and … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo, bells, birding, Chenunda Creek, Dyke Creek, E.A. Poe, fly-fishing, forest, Genesee River, hemlocks, hiking, music, nature, Pine Creek, poetry, Slate Run, small streams, thrushes, Water Sentinels, wild trout
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The Slate Run Trout and Senior Citizen Update
I’ve never been good at remembering people’s names, and it doesn’t get any easier with age and experience. Allow me to explain. The weather forecast for Slate Run, Pennsylvania wasn’t looking good: a high of 87 degrees, with drenching humidity … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, fly-fishing, Harry Nilsson, humor, jokes, Joy, names, nature, old guys, Rose, senior citizens, Slate Run, wild trout
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Close Encounters
1. The upper Genesee is my home river, and it had not been fishing well through a period of heavy rains. This morning, however, it was flowing normally for July, and the trout were rising for a while before the … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, bear encounters, close encounters, dwarf planet, explorer, fly-fishing, Genesee River, hermit thrush, hiking, John Burroughs, nature, new horizons, pluto, plutoid effect, song
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“I Write ‘Um the Way I Feel”
The skies can’t keep their secret!/ They tell it to the hills–/ The hills just tell the orchards–/ And they the daffodils!… (from Emily Dickenson). There’s nothing more resplendent this wide morning than a singing prairie warbler on the hill. … Continue reading
Two of America’s Finest
En route to Warrenton, Virginia for several days, I stopped to fly-fish a couple of America’s finest trout streams. We were heading south to help celebrate Independence Day and the recent engagement of son and future daughter-in-law. With an extra … Continue reading
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Tagged best trout streams, Big Spring Creek, birding, Carolina wren, celebration, ecology, Ed Shenck, fly-fish, Independence, Letort Cricket, LeTort Spring Run, limestone creeks, marriage, most difficult streams, nature, springs, the Ditch, trout, wild, wild trout
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Rivertop Rambles 