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Tag Archives: solitude
Allegheny Spring
I was situated comfortably on the stream again. I was casting streamers with the new split-cane rod until the stonefly hatch informed me that a nymph or dry fly might be interesting. To be out in the warm spring air … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny River, birth, environment, fishing, nature, poetry, renewal, resistance, society, solitude, Spring, stoneflies, Walt Franklin, writing
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The News from Fisher Brook
There’s an old fellow coming down from the forest trail this afternoon to fish for an hour or two. He claims to be suffering from a serious cold, but to cast here for brook trout won’t be detrimental since the air … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, cold water, dry fly, environment, fisher tracks, fishing, I'm a Believer, nature, news, outdoors, Robert Wyatt, small streams, solitude, wildness, winter
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Spectacle Pond
[The following is the first in a two-part series on a recent ramble through the Northeast Kingdom and the Green Mountain State (aka Vermont), with stops in the wild Nulhegan River Basin and, later, at the famed Battenkill. Stay tuned!] … Continue reading
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Tagged boreal forest, Island Pond, loons, Native Americans, nature, Northeast Kingdom, Nulhegan River, peace, photography, solitude, Spectacle Pond, travel, Vermont, walking
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Tilting at Turbines
I was sick of all the news saturated with senseless violence and political mayhem; I was feeling burned by the reality of drought and floods and frequently occurring “thousand year weather events” across the globe. I could not get used … Continue reading
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Tagged energy, environment, forest, hiking, NIMBY, peace, photography, Quixote, resource, society, solitude, thrush, turbines, wind power
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Setting the Tone
The Tradition: On the opening day of northern Pennsylvania’s trout fishing season I went out to look at the water. Big surprise. It’s what I usually do on this date. I visited all three branches of the upper Genesee River … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, blue lines, dry fly, experimentation, fishing, Genesee River, headwaters, nature, old Plymouth, opening day, solitude, tradition, travel, Triple Divide, wild trout
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The Cedar Run Experience, Parts 14/15
Part 14: On the morning of October 11, I found that the distance from bridge #5 to the former lumber camp known as Leetonia is about 1.1 miles along the narrow gravel road. I parked at the little bridge where … Continue reading
Glory Days, Kettle Creek
The weather could not have been finer– a bluebird sky, a slight breeze comfortable while wearing a T-shirt and a fishing vest. This was the weekend I’d been looking for– with songbirds in the sycamores and willows, with tiger swallowtails … Continue reading
The Murmur of a Stream
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
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Tagged Allegheny River, animal tracks, Camp Moxie, headwaters, river source, rivertops, running water, solitude, water and sound
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Autumn Sedge
Lately I’ve had a waterscape in mind. It consists of several streams that I’ve been fishing close to home, viz., the upper sections of the Genesee River, Dyke Creek, and (in PA), Oswayo Creek. The dry fly fishing has been … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn fly-fishing, Autumn Sedge, caddis flies, Dyke Creek, Elkhair Caddis, Genesee River, Oswayo Creek, solitude
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Above Slate Run
The high country feeder enters a tributary of Slate Run before dropping into Pennsylvania’s Pine Creek Valley. For years I’d been only half aware of this little stream on state forest land. I’d seen it on the topographic map but … Continue reading
