Tag Archives: fishing

Water Lines

Posted on December 7, 2021 by rivertoprambles

I hadn’t been fishing in a while and felt the need to reconnect. We’ve been working on the house all year, and some of the wettest months on record have produced poor opportunities for being on the water. Still, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, connections, dialogue, dream, fishing, mother nature, play, poetry, tracks, trout, Water, water lines, work, writing | 8 Comments

A Burnin’ Barrel Monologue

Posted on November 9, 2021 by rivertoprambles

“I remember when it wasn’t so easy getting there. We didn’t have a nice road along the crik. Had to come up out of Cross Fork, or else hike down along the Hogback on that path… what’s it called, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, climate change, drinking, fishing, folklore, hiking, monologues, nature, Pennsylvania Wilds, photography, poetry, trout/salmon, writing | 12 Comments

Ten Years On, Still Learning

Posted on October 19, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Rivertop Rambles debuted 29 October 2011 with a short narrative commencing my Slate Run Odyssey series and the quiet start of a 10-year journey with this blog. I was certainly new to the game a decade ago and, frankly, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anniversary, blogging, celebration, education, fishing, odyssey, Rivertop Rambles, Slate Run, ten years on, writing | 29 Comments

Fishing the Cold Dew

Posted on October 12, 2021 by rivertoprambles

No, the Cold Dew isn’t some new trout stream I’ve discovered. Rather, it’s a mini-season designated for early October by the ancient Chinese. The ancients, like those of us responding to shorter daylight hours and to longer, cooler nights, took … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, caddis, Cold Dew, fishing, heart, incompleat angler, mortality, nature, place, soul, trout, writing | 20 Comments

Stepping in the Same Stream Twice

Posted on July 15, 2021 by rivertoprambles

A day-long rain cancels my intended visit to the upper Sinnemahoning. Disappointment has me dreaming– oh, those might-have-been trout! Those wild browns upstream of Costello, those speckled natives of the East Fork pools! Some old moderns like myself get sidetracked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, daydreams, fishing, hummingbird, nature, philosophy, photography, Sinnemahoning, smallmouth bass, South Bend, warbler, whip-poor-will, writing | 14 Comments

The Way to Cross Fork Creek

Posted on July 9, 2021 by rivertoprambles

I don’t find it with a map alone, or with a GPS or through some recollection of a printed fishing guide. I’d never recognize it in the pages of Cross Creek, written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, nor would I hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chance, cross fork creek, fishing, incompleat angler, nature, photos, poetry, satisfaction, Time, travel, writing | 16 Comments

Openings

Posted on June 22, 2021 by rivertoprambles

A late spring day along Cedar Run presented the old familiar challenge– lucky to catch and release a single trout in tough conditions. There was beauty, though, reflected from each small waterfall, each pool and riffle, from the deep green … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, Cedar Run, favorite pics, fishing, friendship, nature, photography, Pine Creek, poetry, trout, whippoorwill, writing | 19 Comments

Deerpath, Native Trail, Expressway

Posted on June 15, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Flowing water can erode the toughest hills. The stream and river banks can guide the deer and other wandering creatures that adopt the simplest, most efficient routes for finding sustenance. The native tribes and pioneering humans came and walked the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, Cedar Run, deerpath, expressway, fishing, native trail, nature, poetry, recreation, resistance, Slate Run Sportsmen, tarpon, writing | 19 Comments

Susquehanna Wild

Posted on June 8, 2021 by rivertoprambles

[The following narrative reflects the culmination of my first week of June, a wild trip that began on local water and then moved north to include Vermont’s Battenkill and New Hampshire’s White Mountains for some outdoor exploration with my daughter. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged canoeing, family, fishing, hiking, nature, New Hampshire, Pine Creek, poetry, Slow Sea Rising, travel, Vermont, wilderness, writing | 19 Comments

Quiet Silver Streams

Posted on May 19, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Following a full week of hiking, birding, and visiting such places as the Genesee River Trail (WAG Trail, NY), the Golden Eagle Trail (PA), and the coastal trails of Block Island (RI), it was good to return from these rewarding … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Block Island, fishing, hiking, Izaak Walton, May, northern PA, psychology, self education, small streams, study, The Compleat Angler, trout, writing | 14 Comments