Tag Archives: “River’s Edge”

Self-Portrait in Leaky Waders

Posted on December 11, 2016 by rivertoprambles

I should have known better– given the first sign of wetness on the legs after fishing in Virginia, I should have read the writing on the porous wall. The end had come for my one-year-old Field & Stream waders. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", bear, Beautiful Like a Mayfly, environment, Field & Stream, landlocked salmon, nature, photography, roadkill, self-portrait, travel, waders, winter fly-fishing, writing | 31 Comments

New York 66er

Posted on July 6, 2016 by rivertoprambles

In June, Leighanne and I took a trip to the Albany area where I was to present an evening of poetry for the folks at the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands, New York. The event wasn’t as boring as you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", 66, Christman Nature Sanctuary, Earth, fly-fishing, Get Your Kicks on 66, hiking, Kinderhook Creek, music, nature, Pine Hollow Arboretum, poetry, travel | 25 Comments

New Year’s, Fore and Aft

Posted on December 31, 2014 by rivertoprambles

With a little help from a Roman god named Janus, I can glance backward at the year and then hope to look ahead, as well. I’ll be able to state that my year outdoors and on the water went pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", annual fishing report, Blue Ridge, brook trout, brown trout, Climbing the Runs, Founders' Rod, Heddon 35 Peerless, Janus, John Fahey, New Year, Rivertop Rambles 2014 report, Spring Creek, Steel Guitar Rag, Top 10 Fishing Goals | 16 Comments

The Cedar Run Experience, Part 18

Posted on December 11, 2014 by rivertoprambles

I got a break from the weather, frozen days and nights brightening into a Sunday morning with the temperature rising toward the low 40s. I drove to Cedar Run and steered gently toward the headwaters over the icy lane of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", Cedar Mountain, Cedar Run, Cedar Run Experience 18, holidays, ice, recollection, wet fly, wfranklin fly-fishing book | 10 Comments

Keeping Close to the Stream

Posted on September 18, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Since the publisher for my book called River’s Edge is working on a reprint edition, I was looking at the book again and almost randomly opened to the chapter called “Fishing the Runs.” There the subject matter seemed appropo for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", brook trout, Cedar Run, fly-fishing, Genesee, Harry Middleton, heaven, native trout, Pine Creek, Rothrock, Slate Drakes, stocked trout, stream, trail, wild trout | 12 Comments

Remembrance (M.L.)

Posted on September 21, 2013 by rivertoprambles

Mark Libertone was a friend of mine who passed away on September 16, 2013. I once included some information on him in a post, Autumn Journal, November 5. The long struggle for his health is over. Mark lived for years along … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", fly-fishing the Genesee River, flymph, Mark Libertone, October Caddis, soft-hackle flies, TU, Upper Genesee Chapter, upper Genesee River | 9 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

Flatland Ramble (2)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by rivertoprambles

[The second and final set of excerpts from “The River’s Edge,” a narrative chapter from my book called River’s Edge, WTB, 2008] “My first four or five trips to the Oak were unsuccessful, but eventually the law of averages caught … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", Fish On!, Great Lakes flyfishing, man & salmon, Oak Orchard Creek, Pacific salmon | Leave a comment

Flatland Ramble (1)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by rivertoprambles

It’s getting to be that season when an angler’s fancy turns to the big fish of the Great Lakes tributary spawn. I thought it might be interesting to revisit the Lake Ontario tribs by checking into the narrative “The River’s Edge,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", Great Lakes flyfishing, Oak Orchard Creek, Pacific salmon, Salmon River, spawning brown trout, Wood Thrush Books | 4 Comments