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Tag Archives: bamboo fly rods
Spring Creek Preview
The long cold winter had been wearing me down, so it was nice to spend a few days in the slightly warmer climate of Pennsylvania’s spring creek territory. Thanks to a gift from my son, Leighanne and I stayed at … Continue reading
The Break-Off
The afternoon was hot and humid. The long holiday weekend was coming to a close; the family gathering had been energizing and fun. It was time, now, to bid farewell to the summer season with an hour or two of … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo fly rods, Chester fly rods, environment, fishing, fly-fishing, nature, seasons, Slate Run, travel, Walt Franklin, wild trout, writing
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Grass and Glass (BRB, Part 3)
Intending to spend the whole day fishing the Rapidan River inside Shenandoah National Park, I fished it and even took a pleasant side excursion on a brook trout tributary. White trilliums were the flower of the day, nodding their invitations to … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo fly rods, Blue Ridge, brook trout, environment, fiberglass rods, fly-fishing, hiking, mountains, nature, photography, rivers, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, small streams, Spring, travel, Virginia, waterfalls, wildflowers, writing
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Blue Ridge Workout
1. The fly rod that was new for me this past summer wanted a good workout near the place where it was made. That is, the 7’6″ five-weight wanted to go fishing somewhere in the state of Virginia near the shop … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo fly rods, Big Branch Falls, Blue Ridge Mountains, brook trout, fly-fishing, holidays, nature, photography, travel, Virginia
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Beer and Brookies, Catskill Style
It was a fine August day at the Catskill Flyfishing Center and Museum’s “Summerfest.” Leighanne and I arrived there in the morning and quickly met our friends Leigh Smith, a blogger at FinFollower, and Tim Didas, a fellow fisherman from … Continue reading
Rivertop Photo Essay
An assembly of August moments, recollected in tranquility….
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Tagged August images, bamboo fly rods, beaver dams, gallery, mayflies, nymphal shucks, Pine Creek, sculpture, Slate Run, Straub Beer, sumac, turtles, vervain, waxwings, wild trout, wildflowers
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Rivertop Rambles 