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Tag Archives: friendship
Autumn Letter
The day begins like a sheet of paper waiting for words. Its composition won’t go digital until later, when darkness comes again. Two bald eagles sit together on a carcass near the road as I go speeding by, wishing I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, composition, Egg, fishing, football, friendship, Henry James, hooks, letters, nature, poetry, Slate Run, trout flies, Walt Franklin, writing
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Earplugs, Turbines and Snobbery
Relative to other Octobers that I recall, this month has been drab and wet, with little change in the color of the foliage, and with few fish caught on my various ventures. Several highlights, however, come to mind and beg … Continue reading
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Tagged brown trout, earplugs, energy, environment, fishing, friendship, Kettle Creek, nature, resistance, salmon, snobbery, soapbox, social-economic class, wind turbines, writing
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Old Man Knows Good Beer
The work week was winding down; I was standing at the check-out counter with a six of a favorite IPA, thinking of the fly-fishing prospects for the weekend and a slew of odd jobs that required doing before the long … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, birding, bobolinks, choices, fly-fishing, friendship, hiking, knowledge, nature, old age, Rocky Mountains, travel, whip-poor-will
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Big Fish Little Fish Swimming Altogether
Entering Pennsylvania during the hunting season, I knew I was on the right track for the weekend when I walked into a general store and heard the voice of the proprietor. She entered from a back room of the ancient … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, big fish, brown trout, catch-and-release, fishing, friendship, hiking, hunting, Lake Ontario, little fish, Oak Orchard, Pennsylvania trout, photography, Trout Run, weekend, wildness
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Beerfest/Salmonesque
About 50 local and regional breweries, plus a few wineries and distilleries, were recently represented at the Swain, New York Ski Center, and the tasting was a lot of fun. To enter, you pay the equivalent of five six-packs of … Continue reading
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Tagged beerfest, brewing, Chinook, craft beers, culture, education, environment, fishing, fly-fishing, fraternity, friendship, John Bolger, music, nature, salmon, Swain, travel
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So, How Was the Fishing?
1. Sometimes when there’s nothing new to say or to add to the overall blogging compost, I like to hear that ageless question directed at a rambler on the trail or in the water: “So how was the fishing?” Hearing it, … Continue reading
Of Birds, Friends, Trout, and Hiking Trails
I watched a pair of tundra swans on the local marsh. This species, now migrating to the far north, is known to pair for life– an admirable trait for those of us romantically inclined– but the bird whose symbolism really … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred U., birding, Easter, fishing, friendship, hiking, loons, pagan views, Potter County, steelhead, swans
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A Trout Stole My Glove!
December 30. Nearly all the streams and rivers of the region were flowing high and muddy from the recent rains, but I found a headwaters stream that was manageable for fly fishing. I was close to the source of one … Continue reading
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Tagged Conhocton River, fly-fishing, friendship, gift, glo-bug, glove, headwaters, hiking, humanity, Mill Creek, nature, New Year traditions, soul, wild trout
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