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Tag Archives: Genesee River
A Good Day For It
The sunlit day was beautiful. I found myself fishing in the cold water (35 degrees F.) of a Pennsylvania river where the trout seemed few and far between. I did manage to capture and release a first brown trout of … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo fly rod, birds, fly-fishing, Genesee River, Pennsylvania, poetry, technology, trout, wildlife
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Spinners, the Final Stage
“Spinners” form the fourth and final stage in the life cycle of a mayfly. The aquatic insect lives through egg, nymph, adult (dun), and spinner stages. The adult typically rises from the stream as nature says, “It’s time to mate.” … Continue reading
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Tagged fishermen, fly-fishing, friendship, Genesee River, mayflies, philosophy, poetry, psychology, spinners, the final stage, transcendence, writing
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The Caddis Hour
The Caddis Hour is not so much about fishing as it is a state of mind. I visited a stretch of Genesee River that I probably hadn’t waded in a decade. It was mid-morning. River pools, low and thirsty, were … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, blessings, brown trout, caddis, Chester Rods, Earth, environment, fly-fishing, Genesee River, nature, poetry, populations, psychology, Time, wildness, writing
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A Purple Haze
The evening’s Genesee was too warm (72 degrees F.) to fish at Shongo so I drove upstream and found safer water (68 degrees) for trout, in case the dry fly action turned out to be good. It turned out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams, berries, blues, dry flies, fly-fishing, Genesee River, Hendrix, nature, poetry, Purple Haze, trout, wildness, writing
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Pictorial, Hikes in Shadow Land
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Tagged Allegheny River, environment, Genesee River, Greenwood, hibernation, hill country, nature, photographs, pictorial, Pine Creek, shadowland, Triple Divide, Winter hikes, winter images
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Down by the (Genesee) River
Anticipating heavy rainfall over the next couple of days, I decided to fish my home river again. I hadn’t touched base with the upper Genesee in New York for a while, and I needed to get reacquainted with its pools … Continue reading
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Tagged blues guitar, fishing, fly-fishing, Genesee River, nature, Neil Young, Pflueger reels, roots, Roy Buchanan, trout, white dog
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