Tag Archives: waterfalls

Good Days

Posted on June 1, 2017 by rivertoprambles

I prepared for the long holiday weekend by assisting middle-school students in the planting of flags at the gravesites of veterans and fallen soldiers. The Veterans Administration Cemetery at Bath, N.Y. is a huge place, with thousands of gravestones on … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A River Fell Through It

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rivertoprambles

For me, the long holiday weekend started with my fifth-grade students planting flags at the graves of veterans buried in the Bath National Cemetary.  It would end there four days later when we pulled those numerous flags for use next … Continue reading →

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The Cedar Run Experience, Part 10

Posted on September 10, 2014 by rivertoprambles

I ate a bunch of Chinese fortune cookies, looking for a bit of wisdom I could use on my next fishing jaunt. The slip of paper with six “lucky numbers” might be useful– if I was a gamer who played … Continue reading →

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Dry Flies, Waterfalls, and Trout

Posted on May 17, 2014 by rivertoprambles

For several days over the past week we anticipated heavy rain and evening thunderstorms in the area, so after work I kept my fishing close to home. Falls Creek (not its real name) is found within a few miles of … Continue reading →

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Pour That River On Me

Posted on August 30, 2013 by rivertoprambles

On the long drive eastward, with too much fast food in the system, and with too many hours spent cramped inside a vehicle, it was good to pause for a walk along the river. I was feeling like the locust … Continue reading →

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Of Cataracts and Wriggling Waters

Posted on April 8, 2013 by rivertoprambles

There are plenty of well-known waterfalls here in western New York State. In this eroding foothill region, we not only have that world-class cataract known as Niagara, we also have hypnotic falls at Letchworth, Stony Brook, and Watkins Glen state … Continue reading →

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