Tag Archives: Pine Creek

Openings

Posted on June 22, 2021 by rivertoprambles

A late spring day along Cedar Run presented the old familiar challenge– lucky to catch and release a single trout in tough conditions. There was beauty, though, reflected from each small waterfall, each pool and riffle, from the deep green … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, Cedar Run, favorite pics, fishing, friendship, nature, photography, Pine Creek, poetry, trout, whippoorwill, writing | 19 Comments

Susquehanna Wild

Posted on June 8, 2021 by rivertoprambles

[The following narrative reflects the culmination of my first week of June, a wild trip that began on local water and then moved north to include Vermont’s Battenkill and New Hampshire’s White Mountains for some outdoor exploration with my daughter. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged canoeing, family, fishing, hiking, nature, New Hampshire, Pine Creek, poetry, Slow Sea Rising, travel, Vermont, wilderness, writing | 19 Comments

Beautiful Country, Wrong Address

Posted on May 26, 2021 by rivertoprambles

A large truck hauling tires jack-knifed on the country road where I reside. I stopped to assist, and the mildly distraught driver scratched his head and looked at the back end of his rig that had fallen into a serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Pine Creek, Genesee River, nature, Seth Green, Spring, nymphing, adventure, writing, timber rattlesnake, fly fishing, wrong address, sunrise | 17 Comments

Pine Creek Anticipation

Posted on March 4, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Suddenly the sky was clear, and the temperature rose well above the freezing mark. Although the ice on local streams and rivers was only now beginning to crack and drift away, I drove to Pennsylvania eager to prepare for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged angling, anticipation, hiking, history, Izaac Walton, literature, nature, Pine Creek, reading, Sketch Book, Spring, Thomas Jefferson, Washington Irving, writing | 21 Comments

Whiskey Run

Posted on December 28, 2019 by rivertoprambles

1. The beauty of the stream is a simple gift, a holiday revelation. There’s a wholeness to its many parts where pool and riffle, snowy bank and mossy rock cohere. The solitude, the wooded hills, the winter trout are gathered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny foothills, brook trout, fly-fishing, holidays, nature, Pine Creek, poetry, prose, Whiskey Run, wild brown trout, writing | 23 Comments

No Run-of-the-Mill Run

Posted on May 21, 2019 by rivertoprambles

I’d passed the Pine Creek tributary a thousand times, hardly ever noticing its alder-bank flow beneath Route 6. I seldom considered its steep descent along the edge of state forest land until I learned it was a PA Class A … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ecology, environment, fly-fishing, Gougers, hiking, lost terrain, Mill Run, Pine Creek, poetics, psychology, wild, wild trout | 6 Comments

Panther Run

Posted on May 16, 2019 by rivertoprambles

I’ll call the small stream “Panther Run.” This Pine Creek tributary, once renowned for mountain lion sightings, is now a freestone tumbler that’s unwilling to reveal its actual moniker. I fished the run initially on a sparkling day in May, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, common names, ecology, environmental defense, fly-fishing, myth, nature, Panther Run, Pine Creek, poetry, small streams, trout lily, wildflowers, writing | 15 Comments

Pictorial, Hikes in Shadow Land

Posted on February 12, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, environment, Genesee River, Greenwood, hibernation, hill country, nature, photographs, pictorial, Pine Creek, shadowland, Triple Divide, Winter hikes, winter images | 32 Comments

Old Woodenhead’s Wish

Posted on December 14, 2018 by rivertoprambles

[In this rapidly changing world of ours, I’m glad that some things are relatively stable and unchanging. For example, it’s December and the winter snow and ice are here again, and Old Woodenhead (my alter-ego of December’s Holi-Daze) has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, blogging, Christmas, environment, fly-fishing, headwaters, Nine Mile Run, Old Woodenhead, photography, Pine Creek, small streams, Wings Over Water, winter holidays, writing | 17 Comments

Good Days

Posted on June 1, 2017 by rivertoprambles

I prepared for the long holiday weekend by assisting middle-school students in the planting of flags at the gravesites of veterans and fallen soldiers. The Veterans Administration Cemetery at Bath, N.Y. is a huge place, with thousands of gravestones on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brown Drake, environment, family, fly-fishing, good days, holidays, Letchworth State Park, mayflies, nature, photography, Pine Creek, Slate Run, veterans, waterfalls, writing | 24 Comments