Tag Archives: Kettle Creek

Climbing

Posted on May 4, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Our muscles tighten and our lungs adjust, whether we seek the headwaters for trout because the lowlands have been flooded, or whether we lift our feet and pull with our arms along a skyline scramble for a special view that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged challenges, climbing, kettle, Kettle Creek, Native Americans, nature, oxbow, perspectives, poetry, Rapidan, wildness, writing | 16 Comments

Ephemera: the Eco-Myths

Posted on June 16, 2019 by rivertoprambles

1/ From mayfly egg to molting nymph, from deep channel into warming shallows, from the underwater shuck into floating dun’s regalia– the two-tailed fly… A few escape the charge of hungry trout, ascend into willows for the garb of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ecology, fishing, Green-Ass McGee, Kettle Creek, mayflies, myths, nature, Nemeton, poetry, Sononjoh, Walt Franklin, writing | 12 Comments

Earplugs, Turbines and Snobbery

Posted on October 21, 2018 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown trout, earplugs, energy, environment, fishing, friendship, Kettle Creek, nature, resistance, salmon, snobbery, soapbox, social-economic class, wind turbines, writing | 11 Comments

Song of the Kettle

Posted on October 4, 2017 by rivertoprambles

I’m growing silent these days. I’m not sure why, although I’m also angered and saddened by political events and tragedies occurring in this crazy world. I’m growing silent at a time when my voice should be loud with protest. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, brook trout, civilization, fly-fishing, Kettle Creek, machine, madness, mayhem, photography, poetry, protest, silence, Television, Torn Curtain, wild, writing | 28 Comments

A Few Words From the Photos

Posted on May 24, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged azalea, brook trout, eagles, environment, fly-fishing, headwaters, Kettle Creek, local life, moccasin flower, nature wildflowers, outdoors, Pennsylvania, photography, rainbow trout, upstate New York | 22 Comments

Right Angle Weekend

Posted on October 12, 2016 by rivertoprambles

It was a three-day weekend with a common theme. It started on a Saturday with a visit to the upper Allegheny River. An overnight rainfall had discolored the water a bit; the forest leaves were brightening with autumn change, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, brown trout, environment, fly-fishing, Kettle Creek, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, refuge, Slate Run, travel | 16 Comments

Fishing the Forest Shade

Posted on May 23, 2016 by rivertoprambles

It was a beautiful May morning on one of my favorite trout streams, Kettle Creek. Everything looked terrific although there was no discernible hatch activity as yet, and the trout were still lethargic in the cool water as the sun bore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, dry fly, fly-fishing, forest cover, headwaters, Kettle Creek, nature, photography, small streams, stocked trout, wild trout | 22 Comments

Black and Blue (My Brookie Fix)

Posted on March 15, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Part 1. It all seemed to jell on a bright blue, late winter day. A set of tarpon flies arrived in the mail. The stand-out for my inexperienced saltwater eyes was a #3/0 Black Death. For tarpon? Well, yeah, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Black Death, black stonefly, brook trout, coltsfoot, Cross Fork, Death Trumpets, dreams, fishing, fungi, Kettle Creek, music, poetry, tarpon, Virgin Islands, Walter Trout | 14 Comments

Matchin’ That Hatch

Posted on June 8, 2015 by rivertoprambles

May 30: In the long meadow pool of the Allegheny, rainbow trout were rising to the surface but it took a while to figure out that it wasn’t mayflies or caddis they were feeding on, but midges. Tiny black midges. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bait-fishing, balance, Blue-winged Olive, caddis, crawfish, dry fly fishing, Green Drake, Kettle Creek, matching the hatch, mayfly, midge, nature, Roger Chapman, Streetwalkers, wild | 18 Comments

Glory Days, Kettle Creek

Posted on June 5, 2014 by rivertoprambles

The weather could not have been finer– a bluebird sky, a slight breeze comfortable while wearing a T-shirt and a fishing vest. This was the weekend I’d been looking for– with songbirds in the sycamores and willows, with tiger swallowtails … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dry fly fishing, glory, Kettle Creek, mayflies, N-C PA fishing, solitude, stream restoration, upper Kettle, Wild Brook Trout Enhancement Area | 16 Comments