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Tag Archives: angling
Pine Creek Anticipation
Suddenly the sky was clear, and the temperature rose well above the freezing mark. Although the ice on local streams and rivers was only now beginning to crack and drift away, I drove to Pennsylvania eager to prepare for a … Continue reading
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Tagged angling, anticipation, hiking, history, Izaac Walton, literature, nature, Pine Creek, reading, Sketch Book, Spring, Thomas Jefferson, Washington Irving, writing
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Angling With Angels
The inclement weather of late (an overdose of rains) has kept me from the lawnmower and the fly rod more than I prefer, so I’ve had some time to figure things out. I’ve decided (after a little research) that fishing … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, angle, angling, fishing, history, nature, paganism, poetry, religion, Talking Pine, Woolly Bugger, writing
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Like a Song by Taj
To angle, as I see it, is to fish in an endless act of exploration and discovery. To angle, in a realm of small streams and rivertops, can mean an exploration of those blue lines on a topo map, those … Continue reading
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Tagged angling, blues, discovery, exploration, fishing, mastodon, poetry, psychology, song, Taj Mahal, Thoreau, Time, wild trout
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Rivertop Rambles 