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Tag Archives: blue lines
Bright Lines in a Dark Time
Alright, I’ve taken deep breaths and tried to gain some personal balance. Hitting a bunch of trout streams, old and new, has been helpful, like a pill to ease a migraine. For months or years, I’ve had a few “bucket … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, blue lines, education, fly-fishing, hatred, Leonard Cohen, music, nature, peace, post-election, protest, topographic maps, wildness, writing
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Setting the Tone
The Tradition: On the opening day of northern Pennsylvania’s trout fishing season I went out to look at the water. Big surprise. It’s what I usually do on this date. I visited all three branches of the upper Genesee River … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, blue lines, dry fly, experimentation, fishing, Genesee River, headwaters, nature, old Plymouth, opening day, solitude, tradition, travel, Triple Divide, wild trout
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Blueliner (for Natives)
I’ve always loved those thin blue lines on topographic maps. I’ve liked their free-form routes through the hills and mountains leading to the larger creeks and rivers that depend on them for sustenance. Those squiggly blue lines on topo maps … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard fishing, blue lines, brookies, mink, native trout, small trout streams, topographic maps, winter wren
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Rivertop Rambles 