Tag Archives: flyfishing

An Excuse To Be…

Posted on March 6, 2020 by rivertoprambles

The arrival of March is always an exciting time for me, no matter what the weather’s like. It can be cold and snowy, wet and windy, or warm enough by day to get the sap flowing skyward through the maple … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birdwatching, flyfishing, nature, Nature writing, non-fiction, personal essays, poetry, Spring, Walt Franklin, Wings Over Water | 10 Comments

Evening Frenzy, Morning Calm

Posted on September 4, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Slate Drakes (Isonychia) emerged from evening riffles, and the trout rose hungrily to the surface of the Genesee. Browns and rainbows up to 17 inches long provided a busy outing. In the same stretch, two nights later, there were differences. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cedar waxwings, fly tying, flyfishing, Genesee River, George Skues, Isonychia, soft hackles, traditions, trout, Tup's Indispensable, writing | 14 Comments

Flycatcher

Posted on June 13, 2017 by rivertoprambles

When the weather finally turned irresistible for the craft of venturing into the stream-lined depths of mother nature, I got on the West Branch Genesee and, later, the main stem Genesee. There, among the hills and hollows of the dual-state … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged caddis, environment, fly patterns, flycatcher, flyfishing, Genesee River, Grannom, headwaters, nature, photography, rivertops, stocked trout, upper Genesee, wild trout, writing | 25 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

The Ambassador’s Fifteen Minutes

Posted on April 13, 2016 by rivertoprambles

For 15 minutes I felt like an ambassador to Chenunda Creek… This stream, in the upper Genesee River watershed of New York, does not yet have any public fishing rights, as far as I know, but folks are working to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ambassador, Ben Franklin, brown trout, Chenunda Creek, DEC, flyfishing, litter, nature, scam, seasons, St. Croix, Trutta, veteran, Windows | 14 Comments

Fish Tails and Mayfly Wings

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rivertoprambles

To prime myself for the start of a reading tour promoting Beautiful Like a Mayfly, I went fishing. No surprise there, right? It was a cold day with snowflurries and an air temperature never climbing out of the 30s. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful Like a Mayfly, big fish little fish, brown trout, fishing, flyfishing, ghosts, glass fly, illegal snagging, king salmon, Lake Ontario, mayfly, nature, photography, rainbows, reading tour, salmon, surprise, tributaries | 26 Comments

Autumn Journal: October 25

Posted on October 25, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Lately I’ve been thinking of some anchorholds in this crazy life of mine. The first thing that came to mind is not the most significant anchorhold, but it’s pretty hefty nonetheless: Flyfishing is my anchorhold in a world gone mad. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anchorholds, flyfishing, home place, poetry, political noise, rough-legged hawk, tree fall | 2 Comments

The Slate Run Odyssey, Part 10

Posted on September 3, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Leighanne and I returned to Slate Run over the Labor Day weekend. Time became an issue here at summer’s end, a concept that was both relevant and trivial. I’d begun my “odyssey” nearly a year ago, in mid-September. At that point … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brooks and browns, flyfishing, hiking, low-water strategy, Slate Run time, upper Slate | 2 Comments