Tag Archives: fishing

First Impressions

Posted on May 2, 2024 by rivertoprambles

1. It was the end of April, and I fished the Founders’ Rod for lake trout at the northern end of Seneca Lake. The Founders’ Rod is the Slate Run Sportsmen’s Heddon bamboo that once belonged to a founding father … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belize, birding, Central America, culture, fishing, Guatemala, history, impressions, Mayans, nature, rainforest, travel, tropics, writing | 8 Comments

Mountain, Moon and Snow

Posted on November 30, 2023 by rivertoprambles

I was ready to fish the Blue Ridge Mountains, but the National Park Service had wisely closed the Shenandoah waterways to fishing due to the extended drought conditions in central Virginia. On Thanksgiving morning my son and I climbed Turk … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fishing, full Beaver Moon, hiking, homesteading, nature, planting, re-inhabitation, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Time, tracking, winter, writing | 15 Comments

No Room to Gripe

Posted on December 2, 2022 by rivertoprambles

Responding to my previous post about removal of the Klamath River dams, a friend of Rivertop Rambles, Tio Stib, responded favorably to the prospect of environmental change and also reminisced about his angling in the Klamath region. One of Tio’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, fishing, nature, Oregon, rainbow trout, Sand & Sage, Spring Creek, The Trails Beyond, travel, Western River Cycle, Williamson River, writing | 25 Comments

The Klamath Cheer

Posted on November 18, 2022 by rivertoprambles

I’ve seen the Klamath River but have never had the chance to fish it (yet). I remembered it recently when the good news filtered through abominable stews of economic, political, and environmental turmoil. Four dams on northern California’s Klamath River … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dam removal, endangered salmon, energy, environment, FERC, fishing, good news, Klamath Falls, Klamath River, nature, river restoration, writing | 22 Comments

More Than Fish That We Are After

Posted on October 19, 2022 by rivertoprambles

I’ve returned to fly-fishing the local rivers and smaller streams, my first solo outings on the water in quite some time. These were modest outings, casting bamboo and smaller graphite rods, catching and releasing a few nice browns that rose … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, fishing, fly-fishing, nature, poetry, prose, streamers, Thoreau, trout, writing | 19 Comments

Newfoundland, Part 3

Posted on July 22, 2022 by rivertoprambles

On our trans-island route to the eastern peninsulas of Newfoundland, we passed a lot of tempting trout and salmon rivers. Eventually we would meet Atlantic Dave, a white-haired boat tour captain and a former teacher now living in Terwillengate, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlantic Ocean, birding, boating, culture, eagles, family, fishing, guiding, nature, Newfoundland, travel | 14 Comments

Newfoundland, Part 2

Posted on July 20, 2022 by rivertoprambles

The Tablelands at Gros Morne National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), north of Corner Brook (see map), are dry red-rock formations uplifted from the Earth’s mantle. The natural mineral, periditite, is poisonous for most vegetation, with a few exceptions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, boating, camping, fishing, Gros Morne NP, hiking, nature, Newfoundland, photograpy, Pissing Mare Falls, Tablelands, travel, writing | 15 Comments

Newfoundland, Part 1

Posted on July 17, 2022 by rivertoprambles

The long drive north from Rhode Island to the Nova Scotia ferry crossing was a difficult journey for a guy with upcoming back surgery, but the overall trip was wonderful. With my wife and my daughter catching up on sleep … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, Canada, dining, fishing, Gros Morne N.P., hiking, nature, Newfoundland, puffins, Tablelands, travel | 27 Comments

Another Glance at Greylock

Posted on May 20, 2022 by rivertoprambles

As a kid I spent a decade growing up on a hill near Albany, NY and had a backyard view of both the Catskill Mountains, to the west, and the Berkshires to the south and east. You could say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bersksires, culture, fishing, Greylock, Melville, mountains, nature, Thoreau, Time, travel, writing | 22 Comments

The Antipodes

Posted on March 29, 2022 by rivertoprambles

The British writer, H.T. Sheringham (1879-1930), has been critically lauded as one of the best angling writers of all time, who wrote primarily of local waters but whose style can appeal to readers of wider interest. An advocate of any … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antipodes, books, fishing, H.T. Sheringham, Learning the Terrain, nature, poetry, scop, struggle, trout, wild birds, writing | 16 Comments