Tag Archives: Time

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

The Grey Ghost of April

Posted on April 29, 2023 by rivertoprambles

By mentioning the grey ghost I’m not referring, on this occasion, to the famous streamer pattern of trout flies first created by Carrie Stevens (the artist of Rangely, Maine, and not the Playboy model). I’m referring to the passage of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged April, Conhocton River, exploration, fly-fishing, Grey Ghost streamer, natural images, streams & rivers, Time, trout, waterfalls, wild ginger, writing | 18 Comments

A Diminished Thing

Posted on September 23, 2022 by rivertoprambles

On the last full day of summer, I experienced a somewhat inspirational event. It was a simple event but one that I could not have known earlier this year, prior to surgery on my spine in August. My brother and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birding, camping, hiking, Loyalsock Creek, poetry, Robert Frost, The Oven Bird, Time, World's End State Park, writing | 18 Comments

Another Glance at Greylock

Posted on May 20, 2022 by rivertoprambles

As a kid I spent a decade growing up on a hill near Albany, NY and had a backyard view of both the Catskill Mountains, to the west, and the Berkshires to the south and east. You could say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bersksires, culture, fishing, Greylock, Melville, mountains, nature, Thoreau, Time, travel, writing | 22 Comments

The Way to Cross Fork Creek

Posted on July 9, 2021 by rivertoprambles

I don’t find it with a map alone, or with a GPS or through some recollection of a printed fishing guide. I’d never recognize it in the pages of Cross Creek, written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, nor would I hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chance, cross fork creek, fishing, incompleat angler, nature, photos, poetry, satisfaction, Time, travel, writing | 16 Comments

Three Branches, Opening Day

Posted on April 8, 2021 by rivertoprambles

Opening day for trout in northern Pennsylvania offered excellent weather and an opportunity to reacquaint myself with the headwaters. For 35 years I’ve fished three branches of the Genesee (the East, Middle, and West) on the April opener for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amish, bait, Bliss Perry, brook trout, fly fishing, Genesee headwaters, heron, nature, opening day, poetry, The Wild Trout, Time, worm fishing, writing | 18 Comments

On the Road (Once More)

Posted on January 10, 2020 by rivertoprambles

[Sorry, Jack & Willie, for the blog post title… The rivertops are winter quiet now, so I thought I might serve up something different here– a few memories from my road of life. Also, the accompanying photos are reflections of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged hitchhike, memory, on the road, Ontario tribs, poetry, Time, tradition, wfranklin narrative, winter fishing, work, writing | 10 Comments

The Caddis Hour

Posted on October 2, 2019 by rivertoprambles

The Caddis Hour is not so much about fishing as it is a state of mind. I visited a stretch of Genesee River that I probably hadn’t waded in a decade. It was mid-morning. River pools, low and thirsty, were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds, blessings, brown trout, caddis, Chester Rods, Earth, environment, fly-fishing, Genesee River, nature, poetry, populations, psychology, Time, wildness, writing | 12 Comments

Gray Hair and Grizzly Hackle

Posted on September 18, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Ever since I joined several outdoor organizations and started to attend their regular meetings in the 1990s, I’ve been hearing a general complaint: Look around this room. Our hair is gray. We need some younger people, bright new faces interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activism, brown trout, commentary, community, environment, fishing, nature, poetry, Slate Run, society, Time, Walt Franklin, writing, youth | 18 Comments

The Home Stretch

Posted on June 29, 2019 by rivertoprambles

I was fishing the home stretch of a local river, a favorite section of the headwaters, a place where I could hang my fishing hat, or fly rod, on an aging log and feel as comfortable as a dog beside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dry fly, environment, fishing, Genesee, home, home water, nature, simplicity, summer, Time, trout, wildness, writing | 26 Comments