Tag Archives: meditation

Winter on the Genesee

Posted on January 17, 2022 by rivertoprambles

Creak of beech bough, crack of ice. No eagle sharp-eyed for a fish, no wild duck drifting on the flow. So, what is here? The trout are unobtainable, the sun glimmers faintly in the canopy, the promise of a snowstorm … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catskill Mountains, Genesee River, hiking, meditation, poetry, skunk cabbage, snowstorm, Theodore Gordon, trout flies, writing | 33 Comments

Zoar Valley Meditation

Posted on April 15, 2021 by rivertoprambles

My son and I visited Zoar Valley in western New York, a canyonland near the village of Gowanda, once the biggest glue producer in the world. This area is a blend of posted property, state forestland and designated nature preserves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cattaraugus Creek, Deerlick Nature Sanctuary, fishing, glue, Gowanda, hiking, meditation, nature preserves, old growth, South Branch Cattaraugus, trees, wildflowers, writing, Zoar Valley | 18 Comments

Double Focus

Posted on September 15, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Someone recently asked if I could do a small post on the Adirondack fishing scene of late because he hadn’t been able to get up into the mountains for a while. I thought it over and decided I could probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, balance, camping, environment, fly-fishing, Glacier National Park, meditation, nature, photos, Rocky Mountains, travel, West, West Branch Ausable River, wilderness | 23 Comments

Into the Gorge and Back

Posted on March 9, 2016 by rivertoprambles

I’m almost alone, and I’m casting in an almost fishless river. That’s okay because… I really can’t waste my time while fishing. All morning I’m fighting the idea that I’ve lost my interest in pursuing steelhead. What keeps me going, though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carl Jung, gorge, harmony, Lake Erie, meditation, nature, psychology, Sigmund Freud, spawning, steelhead fishing, symbols, Time, tunnel of love, waste | 20 Comments

The Wind, the Brook, and the Browns

Posted on January 6, 2015 by rivertoprambles

The weather had been warm and rainy, most of the streams and rivers in the area were high and muddy, but I knew the spring brook would be running clear. I drove to it in advance of a rapidly approaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fripp & Eno, meditation, midges, scuds, spring brook, spring creek flyfishing, Water, wild brown trout, wind, winter freeze | 22 Comments

He’s Out There Fishin’!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by rivertoprambles

Two hunters passed me on their ATV while following the forest trail, preparing for the opener of deer season. Their words echoed in my head. I was standing at the river in the darkened noon hour. A first snow flurry … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Eastern philosophy, meditation, rainbow trout, Transcendental Meditation, winter fly-fishing, word power, yoga | 14 Comments

Meditation on an Early Stonefly

Posted on March 3, 2013 by rivertoprambles

I wait for its initial appearance on the rivertops as if it was the season’s first robin or woodcock. A hatch of the Little Black Stonefly is assured to make me feel younger than I felt the day before. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", gateway hatch, hydrofracking, Little Black Stonefly, meditation, parade of hatches, Pine Creek Valley, stonefly ecology, stonefly patterns, Triple Divide | 4 Comments

Beyond Main and Pine: A Walking Meditation

Posted on January 7, 2012 by rivertoprambles

It happens every winter when I grab a favorite book and prop my feet up by the fire. Thoreau’s winter essays found in Walden capture my imagination and further my self-education. It isn’t long before I want to move outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Concord, meditation, Raven, self-education, Thoreau, Walden, winter walk | 2 Comments