Tag Archives: Shenandoah Nat’l Park

Mountain, Moon and Snow

Posted on November 30, 2023 by rivertoprambles

I was ready to fish the Blue Ridge Mountains, but the National Park Service had wisely closed the Shenandoah waterways to fishing due to the extended drought conditions in central Virginia. On Thanksgiving morning my son and I climbed Turk … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fishing, full Beaver Moon, hiking, homesteading, nature, planting, re-inhabitation, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Time, tracking, winter, writing | 15 Comments

Set ‘Em Up, (Brookie) Joe

Posted on April 24, 2019 by rivertoprambles

It was a busy but relaxing 10-day visit. From the fishing dead-start in Virginia (reported in previous post), the action heated up. Brookie Joe managed to fish and push beyond his usual boundaries, casting over Shenandoah Park’s Staunton, Conway, Rose, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Hunting Creek, Blackwater Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Brookie Joe, Chesapeake Bay, Earth Day, fly-fishing, Harriet Tubman, hiking, music, Pink Floyd, Sauceerful of Secrets, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, wild trout, wildlife, writing | 8 Comments

Blue Ridge Bound

Posted on November 27, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Day 1: I began the day by scraping frost off the windshield, but then enjoyed the sun rising over the mountains and the North Fork Moormans. It was surprising to find this trout stream in Shenandoah National Park as low … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, brook trout, fly-fishing, hiking, Moormans, mystery, photography, Rapidan, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Thanksgiving, travel, Virginia, White Oak Canyon | 20 Comments

Grass and Glass (BRB, Part 3)

Posted on April 18, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Intending to spend the whole day fishing the Rapidan River inside Shenandoah National Park, I fished it and even took a pleasant side excursion on a brook trout tributary. White trilliums were the flower of the day, nodding their invitations to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bamboo fly rods, Blue Ridge, brook trout, environment, fiberglass rods, fly-fishing, hiking, mountains, nature, photography, rivers, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, small streams, Spring, travel, Virginia, waterfalls, wildflowers, writing | 16 Comments

Winter Rose

Posted on December 30, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Since the sad news I reported on in the last post, I’ve been happily wrapped up in a wide variety of holiday activities. I even got in a couple hours of fly-fishing in Shenandoah National Park. I spent a week in Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, death, family, fly-fishing, holidays, Life, marriage, nature, photos, Rose, Rose River, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, travel, Virginia, Washington D.C., wild, winter | 22 Comments

Shenandoah Streams Revisited

Posted on April 6, 2015 by rivertoprambles

[In the previous post I reflected on the first three days of a recent visit to Shenandoah National Park. In this post I’ll summarize experiences of my subsequent and final days of hiking and fishing in Virginia’s park.] Day 4: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fly-fishing, hepatica, hiking, Moormans, nature, Rapidan, river notes, Shenandoah, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Spring, streams, Virginia | 16 Comments

River Notes, Shenandoah Nat’l Park

Posted on April 2, 2015 by rivertoprambles

Day 1: Driving west from Warrenton, Virginia into the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park provided a pleasant reentry into the realms of hiking and brook trout fishing. Wife, Leighanne, and daughter, Alyssa, gave company and comic relief to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, Blue Ridge, fly-fishing, hiking, nature, North Fork Moormans, Rapidan River, river notes, Rose River, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Skyline Drive, Spring | 20 Comments

To Rapidan Camp

Posted on April 15, 2014 by rivertoprambles

(The Rapidan Camp) is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty– for all men are equal before fishes.– President Herbert Hoover From Milam Gap at Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, we descended … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, Camp Hoover, fly-fishing Rapidan, Herbert Hoover, Rapidan Camp, Rapidan headwaters, Rapidan River, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, Skyline Drive | 14 Comments