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Monthly Archives: April 2021
Squaretails, Shenandoah
I was well beyond my usual angling haunts in northern Appalachia. I was well beyond some recent and surprisingly pleasant hikes with family through Baltimore and Prince William Forest Park in metro Washington, D.C.. My placement may have been influenced … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalachia, brook trout, dogs, fishing, hiking, monster, North Fork Moormans, Rapidan, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Snarly Yow, squaretails, writing
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Zoar Valley Meditation
My son and I visited Zoar Valley in western New York, a canyonland near the village of Gowanda, once the biggest glue producer in the world. This area is a blend of posted property, state forestland and designated nature preserves. … Continue reading
Three Branches, Opening Day
Opening day for trout in northern Pennsylvania offered excellent weather and an opportunity to reacquaint myself with the headwaters. For 35 years I’ve fished three branches of the Genesee (the East, Middle, and West) on the April opener for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amish, bait, Bliss Perry, brook trout, fly fishing, Genesee headwaters, heron, nature, opening day, poetry, The Wild Trout, Time, worm fishing, writing
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