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Tag Archives: wild brown trout
Whiskey Run
1. The beauty of the stream is a simple gift, a holiday revelation. There’s a wholeness to its many parts where pool and riffle, snowy bank and mossy rock cohere. The solitude, the wooded hills, the winter trout are gathered … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny foothills, brook trout, fly-fishing, holidays, nature, Pine Creek, poetry, prose, Whiskey Run, wild brown trout, writing
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The Wind, the Brook, and the Browns
The weather had been warm and rainy, most of the streams and rivers in the area were high and muddy, but I knew the spring brook would be running clear. I drove to it in advance of a rapidly approaching … Continue reading
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Tagged Fripp & Eno, meditation, midges, scuds, spring brook, spring creek flyfishing, Water, wild brown trout, wind, winter freeze
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Spring Creek, the Turning
Saturday looked like the best of the weekend for a final shot at fishing Spring Creek this season. I’d had good luck here on two previous outings this winter, so I approached the water calmly, ready to accept whatever my … Continue reading
Midge Madness (Spring Creek)
Along with NPR’s early morning broadcast of an ancient hymn, I heard the first sweet phrases of a migrant robin near the yard. I stepped to the porch in my bare feet for a clearer sound of both music sources, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Midge, dry fly, Griffith's Gnat, limestone fisheries, midges, scuds, Spring Creek, stream life, wild brown trout, winter fly-fishing
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Spring Creek Turn-Around
The weather seemed a pleasant interlude between the waves of blizzard and polar temperatures. Stepping into Spring Creek (near the Caledonia fish hatchery in upstate New York) I didn’t think I’d need the gloves I’d left in the car, but after … Continue reading
The Cedar Run Experience, Part 6
Lately my Cedar Run experiences have been tied to events occurring at nearby Slate Run, Pennsylvania. They won’t always be so linked. Next spring I hope to make my Cedar Run visits more solidly focused on that beautiful stream. On … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn fly-fishing, bald eagle, Cedar Run, mapping, Pine Creek, Slate Run, The Cedar Run Experience, wild brown trout
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A Wild One on the West Branch
In this P.S. to a recent post called Delaware River Dreaming, I recall the difficult angling conditions on the river and the singular fish that came from its banks the weekend I was there. Fishing with George Hrycun, I was … Continue reading
Delaware River Dreaming
Heavy rains at mid-week had raised the level of streams and rivers in the Catskill Mountain region to unfishable conditions. Things didn’t look good for my weekend visit to the West Branch Delaware, but hope springs eternal, and I hoped … Continue reading
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Tagged alewives, Catskill rivers, Deposit, Dream Catcher Estates, NY, reservoir releases, streamers, West Branch Delaware, wild brown trout
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The Cedar Run Experience: Parts 1 and 2
Part 1 I’d been thinking to start a new fly-fishing project on the order of “The Slate Run Odyssey,” which I covered in Rivertop Rambles from the fall of 2011 through the following year. The stream to cover next seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Run, Green Drakes, Pine Creek Valley, Slate Run, Sulphurs, The Cedar Run Experience, wild brown trout
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