Tag Archives: rivertops

Looking for Survivors

Posted on November 21, 2020 by rivertoprambles

No, I wasn’t out investigating a local tragedy or searching the rubble in some post-apocalyptic nightmare, thankfully enough. I was simply on my autumn trout streams looking for survivors of a brutally hot and dry summer season that, reportedly, took … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged drought, environment, fishing, Genesee, literature, nature, poetry, rainbow, rivertops, search, survivors, trout, weather, Wings Over Water | 26 Comments

Flycatcher

Posted on June 13, 2017 by rivertoprambles

When the weather finally turned irresistible for the craft of venturing into the stream-lined depths of mother nature, I got on the West Branch Genesee and, later, the main stem Genesee. There, among the hills and hollows of the dual-state … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged caddis, environment, fly patterns, flycatcher, flyfishing, Genesee River, Grannom, headwaters, nature, photography, rivertops, stocked trout, upper Genesee, wild trout, writing | 25 Comments

By This River(top)

Posted on June 29, 2015 by rivertoprambles

In a period of time with more than the usual rainfall, when the streams and rivers have been running high and off-color, the fishing is limited and I look more to the unsung lives and places of the rivertops. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged by this river, Emily Dickenson, Eno, frog, music, nature, ObamaCare, poetry, rivers, rivertops, same sex marriage, stepping aside, uncommon, unsung lives | 20 Comments

The Murmur of a Stream

Posted on February 3, 2014 by rivertoprambles

It’s been a long cold winter, and it isn’t over yet. Many rivertop streams are blanketed with ice and snow, and the trout are coping with the change. To get outdoors, away from societal noise and the yapping for attention, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, animal tracks, Camp Moxie, headwaters, river source, rivertops, running water, solitude, water and sound | 4 Comments

New Year/Hidden Springs #3

Posted on January 1, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged headwater photos, Hidden Springs, New Year, photo-poem, poetics of the wild, rivertops, walt franklin poetry, winter brook | 14 Comments

Scottish Ramble #4

Posted on February 10, 2013 by rivertoprambles

Whereas I make an effort to stick to my stated themes at Rivertop Rambles when considerating a new post, I like to keep an edge on the subject matter, too, remaining flexible when it comes to defining “rivertop” country. Yes, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dunottar Castle, northeastern Scotland, riverbottoms, rivertops, Scottish Rambles, Stonehaven | 6 Comments

Empty Bowl: ‘012

Posted on December 29, 2012 by rivertoprambles

The year left behind is like a valley, or a bowl. As I look down on it from this rivertop height, I see that it is still and low, despite another snowfall in the air. A stream flows underneath the valley’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged doing nothing, Empty Bowl, Music in a Doll's House, old year/new year, rivertops, snowfall, Songscapes, Taoism | 7 Comments

Rivering (25 Years)

Posted on December 11, 2012 by rivertoprambles

It was time to celebrate a quarter-century of fishing and exploring northern Pennsylvania. I was standing in the Allegheny River trying to catch a trout. Okay, no party lights or booze, just me with a fly rod in the cold damp … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River fishing, exploring, home waters, Penn's Woods, Pine Creek, Ray Bergman, rivertops, stream reflections | 2 Comments

Bridge Over the Atlantic

Posted on October 28, 2012 by rivertoprambles

Daughter Alyssa is spending a year in Glasgow, Scotland while in grad school. She’s had opportunities to travel the old country and to send some wonderful photographic reflections. One set of photos got me thinking of a “Bridge Over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bridge Over the Atlantic, highlands, Isle of Seil, rivertops, Scotland | 8 Comments