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Tag Archives: friendship
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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The Hook-Up, and More
It always takes me awhile to re-adapt to lowland trout and salmon fishing, but once the first king salmon takes off with a fly in the lip, the blood begins to flow through every lazy muscle, and I can’t imagine … Continue reading
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Tagged beaver, Chinooks, connection, fishing, friendship, hook-up, hunting, king salmon, Lake Ontario fish, nature, October, porcupine, salmon, spawning, sumac, trout
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Good Morning, Steelhead (Wherever You Are)
At last, on the first full day of spring, a day that followed an unusually difficult winter in upstate New York, I was out there fishing and moving once again…I felt like a steelhead, perhaps, off on a “swim” from … Continue reading
Starless and Oatka Dark
To night-fish on a river is like starting out life with nothing and realizing, when all is said and done, you’ve got most of nothing left. To night-fish on Oatka (O-at-ka) Creek, a tributary of the Genesee River in Monroe County, … Continue reading
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Tagged brown trout, Charles Meck, courage, darkness, Dylan Thomas, fear, friendship, King Crimson, mind, night fishing, Oatka Creek, Pteranodon, Time
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Still Life With Trout
The Lily Pool I parked the car, suited up, and walked the half mile distance to the stream along abandoned railroad bed. I turned and crossed a field of chest-high goldenrod then dropped to the water like a sinner to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Beaverkill, Cairns Pool, Catskill Fly Fishing Center, fly-fishing, friendship, lilies, Love, still-life, Summerfest, upper Genesee, van Gogh
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Old Friends Revisited
Sometimes it can seem that creeks, once known but now rarely seen, are like old friends neglected or forgotten. Sometimes you come to the realization that you must get reacquainted… Dear Stony Fork, I’m sorry I’ve neglected to fly-fish on … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Harris, brook trout, friendly letters, friendship, Hey Joe, Otis Taylor, Pine Creek, Stony Fork, streamwalker, Time
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