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Tag Archives: mystery
Blue Ridge Bound
Day 1: I began the day by scraping frost off the windshield, but then enjoyed the sun rising over the mountains and the North Fork Moormans. It was surprising to find this trout stream in Shenandoah National Park as low … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, brook trout, fly-fishing, hiking, Moormans, mystery, photography, Rapidan, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Thanksgiving, travel, Virginia, White Oak Canyon
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The Dream Cast: Yellow Dun
1. James Cecilia is a “wet-fly-only angler” who lives in upstate New York. He contacted me about a mutual interest in the writings of Pennsylvania fisherman, Jim Bashline. Mr. Bashline was a fishing editor for Field & Stream, and author of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny River, birds, culture, dream, hiking, ignorance, Isaac Asimov, Jim Bashline, knowledge, mystery, nature, night fishing, poetry, politics, trees, truth, wet fly, Yellow Dun
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Of Science, Poetry, and Adventure
The Pond Picking blackberries on my walk uphill, I came to the secret pond, the kind that everyone should have and never talk about– except as poetry. I loaded the short fly rod with a line, a leader, and an … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, fly-fishing, lake, mystery, nature, ocean, poetry, pond, popper, science, sunfish
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Rivertop Rambles 