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Tag Archives: Purple Haze
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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Night Flyer/ Test Patterns
I was looking past the evening hatch and peering into the night. At home, I was rereading Jim Bashline’s nightfishing book, subtitled “The Final Frontier,” and preparing for darkness. Bashline’s Night Fishing for Trout is probably the most absorbing read of … Continue reading
Autumn Journal: October 9
I took advantage of a golden Indian Summer day to fish for brook trout in the Genesee River headwaters. I began at Orebed Creek, walking upstream through the forest on the banks of this little known stream. With a seven-foot … Continue reading