Tag Archives: salmon

Upstate Brown and Salmon Time

Posted on November 11, 2020 by rivertoprambles

The tumultuous U.S. election events have finally been resolved, or have they? This is not the time or place for lingering on politics but I’ll say that, over all, I was pleased with the results while acknowledging that there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful Like a Mayfly, brown trout, Cayuga Lake, Fall Creek, fishing, friendship, landlocked, nature, November, politics, salmon, spawn, Walt Franklin, writing | 8 Comments

Ruminations (Salmon River)

Posted on October 29, 2020 by rivertoprambles

I had sworn off October visits to the Salmon River long ago, but when a friend invites me to go fishing with him I do not decline unless I’m sick, already anchored to a schedule by divine authority, or dying. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beer, camping, Election, fishing, friendship, nature, politics, salmon, Salmon River, travel, trout, vote, wine, writing | 19 Comments

Between Two Oceans

Posted on November 13, 2018 by rivertoprambles

In two days of fishing, eight days apart, I caught enough salmon to last me, in spirit, for the year. The ancestors of these fresh-run fishes came from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and it was good to meet this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alienation, Atlantic, autumn, beauty, diversity, environment, fly-fishing, government, nature, oceans, Pacific, photograpy, salmon | 12 Comments

Earplugs, Turbines and Snobbery

Posted on October 21, 2018 by rivertoprambles

Relative to other Octobers that I recall, this month has been drab and wet, with little change in the color of the foliage, and with few fish caught on my various ventures. Several highlights, however, come to mind and beg … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown trout, earplugs, energy, environment, fishing, friendship, Kettle Creek, nature, resistance, salmon, snobbery, soapbox, social-economic class, wind turbines, writing | 11 Comments

Beerfest/Salmonesque

Posted on October 24, 2017 by rivertoprambles

About 50 local and regional breweries, plus a few wineries and distilleries, were recently represented at the Swain, New York Ski Center, and the tasting was a lot of fun. To enter, you pay the equivalent of five six-packs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beerfest, brewing, Chinook, craft beers, culture, education, environment, fishing, fly-fishing, fraternity, friendship, John Bolger, music, nature, salmon, Swain, travel | 15 Comments

Brought by the Rain

Posted on October 25, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Hopefully the three to four-inches of rain over the past weekend signifies the end of a long drought in rivertop country, but only time will tell if that’s the case or not. The streams and rivers had risen quickly into … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged environment, fly-fishing, Halloween, Lake Ontario tribs, nature, outdoors, photography, rainfall, salmon, trout, western New York | 18 Comments

Fish Tails and Mayfly Wings

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rivertoprambles

To prime myself for the start of a reading tour promoting Beautiful Like a Mayfly, I went fishing. No surprise there, right? It was a cold day with snowflurries and an air temperature never climbing out of the 30s. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful Like a Mayfly, big fish little fish, brown trout, fishing, flyfishing, ghosts, glass fly, illegal snagging, king salmon, Lake Ontario, mayfly, nature, photography, rainbows, reading tour, salmon, surprise, tributaries | 26 Comments

The Hook-Up, and More

Posted on October 18, 2015 by rivertoprambles

It always takes me awhile to re-adapt to lowland trout and salmon fishing, but once the first king salmon takes off with a fly in the lip, the blood begins to flow through every lazy muscle, and I can’t imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beaver, Chinooks, connection, fishing, friendship, hook-up, hunting, king salmon, Lake Ontario fish, nature, October, porcupine, salmon, spawning, sumac, trout | 18 Comments

Autumn Journal: November 19

Posted on November 22, 2011 by rivertoprambles

This is the day the salmon fisher comes to roost and thinks about his season passed. Autumnal reflections. Standing in Fall Creek underneath a bridge just two miles out from downtown Ithaca, New York, I watch the broad stream pour … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown trout, Fall Creek, Ithaca, salmon, tributaries | 1 Comment