Tag Archives: solitude

Picket Pin

Posted on May 1, 2020 by rivertoprambles

One of my older fishing pals told me that his favorite fly pattern for night angling on the home river was a Picket Pin. Another elder told me that he likes to cast the same time-honored pattern (first developed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amish, Ben Franklin, brown trout, dry fly, fly-fishing, ground squirrels, Hendrickson, home water, nature, Picket Pin, solitude, writing | 27 Comments

Allegheny Spring

Posted on April 1, 2019 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, birth, environment, fishing, nature, poetry, renewal, resistance, society, solitude, Spring, stoneflies, Walt Franklin, writing | 16 Comments

The News from Fisher Brook

Posted on February 14, 2017 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 21 Comments

Spectacle Pond

Posted on August 29, 2016 by rivertoprambles

[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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boreal forest, Island Pond, loons, Native Americans, nature, Northeast Kingdom, Nulhegan River, peace, photography, solitude, Spectacle Pond, travel, Vermont, walking | 24 Comments

Tilting at Turbines

Posted on July 12, 2016 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged energy, environment, forest, hiking, NIMBY, peace, photography, Quixote, resource, society, solitude, thrush, turbines, wind power | 22 Comments

Setting the Tone

Posted on April 19, 2016 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blue lines, dry fly, experimentation, fishing, Genesee River, headwaters, nature, old Plymouth, opening day, solitude, tradition, travel, Triple Divide, wild trout | 22 Comments

The Cedar Run Experience, Parts 14/15

Posted on October 23, 2014 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buck Run, Cedar Mountain, Cedar Run canyon, fall fly-fishing, headwaters, Leetonia, psychology, solitude, special fishing regs, The Cedar Run Experience 14/15, wild beauty, wild trout | 15 Comments

Glory Days, Kettle Creek

Posted on June 5, 2014 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dry fly fishing, glory, Kettle Creek, mayflies, N-C PA fishing, solitude, stream restoration, upper Kettle, Wild Brook Trout Enhancement Area | 16 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

Autumn Sedge

Posted on October 6, 2013 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn fly-fishing, Autumn Sedge, caddis flies, Dyke Creek, Elkhair Caddis, Genesee River, Oswayo Creek, solitude | 10 Comments