Tag Archives: dry fly

Picket Pin

Posted on May 1, 2020 by rivertoprambles

One of my older fishing pals told me that his favorite fly pattern for night angling on the home river was a Picket Pin. Another elder told me that he likes to cast the same time-honored pattern (first developed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amish, Ben Franklin, brown trout, dry fly, fly-fishing, ground squirrels, Hendrickson, home water, nature, Picket Pin, solitude, writing | 29 Comments

The Home Stretch

Posted on June 29, 2019 by rivertoprambles

I was fishing the home stretch of a local river, a favorite section of the headwaters, a place where I could hang my fishing hat, or fly rod, on an aging log and feel as comfortable as a dog beside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dry fly, environment, fishing, Genesee, home, home water, nature, simplicity, summer, Time, trout, wildness, writing | 26 Comments

The News from Fisher Brook

Posted on February 14, 2017 by rivertoprambles

There’s an old fellow coming down from the forest trail this afternoon to fish for an hour or two. He claims to be suffering from a serious cold, but to cast here for brook trout won’t be detrimental since the air … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, cold water, dry fly, environment, fisher tracks, fishing, I'm a Believer, nature, news, outdoors, Robert Wyatt, small streams, solitude, wildness, winter | 21 Comments

In the Deep Woods

Posted on January 25, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Pennsylvania has 88 waterways managed as “Wilderness Trout Streams.” Seven of those are located in nearby Potter County, and on Saturday I fished one of them that was on my bucket list to explore while I still had a chance to do so. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, deep woods, dry fly, Fenwick FF60, flyfishing, freestone, magic, nature, Pennsylvania, photography, pink hats, Potter County, Squonk, wild, wilderness | 27 Comments

Fishing the Forest Shade

Posted on May 23, 2016 by rivertoprambles

It was a beautiful May morning on one of my favorite trout streams, Kettle Creek. Everything looked terrific although there was no discernible hatch activity as yet, and the trout were still lethargic in the cool water as the sun bore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, dry fly, fly-fishing, forest cover, headwaters, Kettle Creek, nature, photography, small streams, stocked trout, wild trout | 22 Comments

Setting the Tone

Posted on April 19, 2016 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blue lines, dry fly, experimentation, fishing, Genesee River, headwaters, nature, old Plymouth, opening day, solitude, tradition, travel, Triple Divide, wild trout | 22 Comments

A Small Stream Double-Haul

Posted on September 24, 2014 by rivertoprambles

I saw a muscle car with a message on the back that read, “Hang On, I Feel Like Taking a Chance!” I felt like taking a chance, myself… not with driving, but with a double-haul of small stream fishing. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged becalmed, Cedar Run Experience, chance, double-haul, dry fly, Eno, fracking, Grouse & Flash, Part 11, satisfaction, small stream fishing, Whitman | 14 Comments

When the Swallows Fly

Posted on August 27, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Around here, it happens every August 27th, give or take a day. The barn swallows leave the site where they have been “our birds” since the end of April. On a late summer morning, the air above the old barn … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 3-fly cast, dry fly, migration, Pink Floyd, poetry, reason, Robert Frost, summer, swallows, transitions, wet fly | 12 Comments

Midge Madness (Spring Creek)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Along with NPR’s early morning broadcast of an ancient hymn, I heard the first sweet phrases of a migrant robin near the yard. I stepped to the porch in my bare feet for a clearer sound of both music sources, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Black Midge, dry fly, Griffith's Gnat, limestone fisheries, midges, scuds, Spring Creek, stream life, wild brown trout, winter fly-fishing | 14 Comments

The Back Country, Sinnemahoning

Posted on May 8, 2013 by rivertoprambles

Large coyote pauses on an open slope. Looks down-valley at the human looking up. Coyote ambles off, into the woods, the wild. Small caddis hatch from the big stream, under deep blue sky, among the greening hills. Anglers stop on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged back country, brook trout, caddis, coyote, dry fly, First Fork Sinnemahoning, Sinnemahoning, wild trout | 6 Comments