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Tag Archives: tarpon
Deerpath, Native Trail, Expressway
Flowing water can erode the toughest hills. The stream and river banks can guide the deer and other wandering creatures that adopt the simplest, most efficient routes for finding sustenance. The native tribes and pioneering humans came and walked the … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Cedar Run, deerpath, expressway, fishing, native trail, nature, poetry, recreation, resistance, Slate Run Sportsmen, tarpon, writing
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Caribbean Scrambles, Part 4, Finale
I’ll begin this final post in the island series by going backwards– from the end of our venture to one of the main events in our visit to St. Croix. If you’ve followed me through this Caribbean scramble, you’ve probably … Continue reading
Black and Blue (My Brookie Fix)
Part 1. It all seemed to jell on a bright blue, late winter day. A set of tarpon flies arrived in the mail. The stand-out for my inexperienced saltwater eyes was a #3/0 Black Death. For tarpon? Well, yeah, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, black stonefly, brook trout, coltsfoot, Cross Fork, Death Trumpets, dreams, fishing, fungi, Kettle Creek, music, poetry, tarpon, Virgin Islands, Walter Trout
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Small Stream Miscellany
Spring Creek. You might recall that last winter I reported on what looked to be a crash in trout numbers at a popular upstate stream. Study by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has confirmed the crash … Continue reading
