Tag Archives: family

Good Days

Posted on June 1, 2017 by rivertoprambles

I prepared for the long holiday weekend by assisting middle-school students in the planting of flags at the gravesites of veterans and fallen soldiers. The Veterans Administration Cemetery at Bath, N.Y. is a huge place, with thousands of gravestones on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brown Drake, environment, family, fly-fishing, good days, holidays, Letchworth State Park, mayflies, nature, photography, Pine Creek, Slate Run, veterans, waterfalls, writing | 24 Comments

Blue Ridge Buffer, Part 1

Posted on April 8, 2017 by rivertoprambles

[All photos in Part 1 are recent takes from a grey and partly frozen landscape in the north country. Rainbow trout from Allegheny River. Stay tuned for brighter and more southerly perspectives as this series progresses.] As the new fishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge, buffer zone, civilization, family, fly-fishing, hiking, migration, photography, place, Shenandoah National Park, Spring, travel, upstate New York, Virginia, wilderness | 18 Comments

Brook Land Tonic

Posted on February 23, 2017 by rivertoprambles

A long fine weekend with the family set things moving in the right direction. We made our annual visit to the Maple Tree Inn (unlimited pancakes with maple syrup manufactured on the premises), hit the summit of Alma Hill (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny Plateau, brook trout, climate change, dry fly fishing, eagles, family, hiking, nature, photography, pollution, small streams, state forests, wild places, wilderness, winter fishing | 26 Comments

Something Out of Nothing

Posted on January 4, 2017 by rivertoprambles

A ray of light shot from the December darkness that surrounded me for a while. My son Brent and Catherine Rothwell, from Warrenton, Virginia, were married on the banks of the Anacostia River in Washington D.C. on December 23rd. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bamboo rods, celebration, Conhocton River, family, fishing, fly tying, friends, Holiday traditions, marriage, mink, nature, New Year's Day, wildlife, writing | 19 Comments

Winter Rose

Posted on December 30, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Since the sad news I reported on in the last post, I’ve been happily wrapped up in a wide variety of holiday activities. I even got in a couple hours of fly-fishing in Shenandoah National Park. I spent a week in Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, death, family, fly-fishing, holidays, Life, marriage, nature, photos, Rose, Rose River, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, travel, Virginia, Washington D.C., wild, winter | 22 Comments

Old Woodenhead’s Appointment

Posted on December 19, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Old Woodenhead is a carving of an image of yours truly made by artist David Castano, by request of a special woman I know. Old Woodenhead, the fly-fisher, replete with a fishing creel that I have never used, has appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged carvings, Christmas, death, family, fly-fishing, hiking, Life, mother, nature, Old Woodenhead, photography, tradition, Walt Franklin, Winter Solstice, writing | 34 Comments

Three Days in Shenandoah

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rivertoprambles

On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, my son gave my wife and me a walking tour of Theodore Roosevelt Island on the tidal flats of the Potomac River in Washington, D. C. That morning walk on the circuit trail culminating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, exploration, family, fly-fishing, hiking, holiday, naturalist, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, Shenandoah National Park, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Island, travel | 24 Comments

Self-Portrait of the Fisherman as Idler

Posted on August 10, 2015 by rivertoprambles

What’s the matter, am I too lazy to write a simple fishing or hiking report this week? Do I have to resort to a “selfie” via an empty message board along the river? Okay, so guys just want to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aldous Huxley, Doors, doors of perception, family, fisherman, fun, golf, idleness, labor, mule, music, nature, poetry, psychology, R.L. Stevenson, self-portrait, selfie, Wm. Blake, writer | 19 Comments

“I Write ‘Um the Way I Feel”

Posted on July 13, 2015 by rivertoprambles

The skies can’t keep their secret!/ They tell it to the hills–/ The hills just tell the orchards–/ And they the daffodils!… (from Emily Dickenson). There’s nothing more resplendent this wide morning than a singing prairie warbler on the hill. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chester fly rods, Emily Dickenson, family, fisher, K. Rexroth, music, nature, nightfishing for trout, poetry, prairie warbler, progressive rock, simple speech, Spirit, traditions, walt franklin poetry, weaver, wild voice, writing | 16 Comments

A River Fell Through It

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rivertoprambles

For me, the long holiday weekend started with my fifth-grade students planting flags at the graves of veterans buried in the Bath National Cemetary. It would end there four days later when we pulled those numerous flags for use next … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cat, celebration, craft beers, family, friends, Genesee River, Letchworth State Park, memorial, Memorial Day, nature, Railhead Brewery, summer, waterfalls | 24 Comments