Tag Archives: wild trout

Fall Brooks

Posted on October 3, 2023 by rivertoprambles

The turning, colorful season was an open invitation to spend a couple of days among the mountain streams of northern Pennsylvania. The male brook trout are in spawning hue, as beautiful as any wild fish can be, and readily accepted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, brook trout, fly-fishing, hiking, nature, poetry, small streams, wild trout, writing | 16 Comments

Voices From the Landscape

Posted on June 26, 2023 by rivertoprambles

Well, I’ve been all over the map recently and sadly lacking a focus for the blog although my busy ramblings have been very pleasant for the most part. I hope to rectify the “lack of focus” by restating my interest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Iceland, Learning the Terrain, nature, PA hiking/fishing, poetry, voices from the landscape, wild trout, writing | 18 Comments

A Plea for a Gentle, Soaking Rain

Posted on June 6, 2023 by rivertoprambles

Spring 2023 has turned out to be one of the driest seasons in years for this section of the country. Woodlands, gardens, lawns, and trout streams are suffering from a current lack of rain. I recently reread a letter sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged drought, exploration, flyfishing, friendship, nature, night fishing, PA Wilds, rain, spirit of place, wild trout, writing | 18 Comments

River SCOP Rambles

Posted on April 23, 2020 by rivertoprambles

Scop, you say? Well, my dictionary defines the word as a bard, or poet, of the Anglo-Saxon days in ancient England. I was drawn to the word and to the scop’s role in medieval time because of the pandemic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged creation, environment, fishing, fringe-dweller, Hendrickson, home water, nature, pandemic, poetry, rambles, scop, small streams, wild trout, writing | 10 Comments

The Wild Trout Throw a Party

Posted on April 15, 2020 by rivertoprambles

I woke up around 3:15 a.m. with several lines of silly thought reverberating in my head. For better or worse, these lines may have given impetus for this latest post. One of them was close to a throw-away: “We’ve got … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beer, brown trout, Covid-19, crisis, dreams, fishing, home water, nature, party, recycling, small streams, wild trout, writing | 29 Comments

A Thin Man Fishing

Posted on November 7, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Physically, the thin man isn’t really thin but, looking at a thread-bare autumn day, he felt that way– just basic flesh and bone, reduced to seasonal elements. His summer garments had been stripped away, replaced by heavy clothing to ward … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fiction, fly-fishing, hiking, invasive species, narrative, nature, non-fiction, Pennsylvania, poetry, society, thin man, Walt Franklin, wild trout, wilderness, writing | 13 Comments

Welcome to Paradise

Posted on October 17, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Luckily there was no pearly gate to pass through, just a sign that read “Welcome to Fisherman’s Paradise,” a warm welcome to Spring Creek on a cool October morning. Luckily for me, an entrance to one of America’s most storied … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beer, Bellefonte, environment, Fisherman's Paradise, fly-fishing, limestone creeks, nature, PA, pollution, Spring Creek, State College, stream remediation, technology, Walt Franklin, wild trout, writing | 18 Comments

Just Good Fishing

Posted on September 12, 2019 by rivertoprambles

The cooling temperatures of late summer and early fall brings a spike in fish behavior and in human interest on the stream. Although I’m anchored to another academic year, I try to focus on the local streams and overgrown trails … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, cardinal flower, fly-fishing, good fishing, headwaters, nature, origins, poetry, roots, sense of place, Tricos, wild trout, writing | 16 Comments

Lil’ Dorothy’s Riffle

Posted on July 17, 2019 by rivertoprambles

1. Late morning on a wild trout stream flowing through old farmland. The sky sun-bright and cloudless; the air getting warm. The water summer low and tight with vegetation, not exactly promising for the fisherman… And the brown trout? Spooky … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bee-Balm, fly tying, fly-fishing, friendship, Genesee River, Lil' Dorothy, Mark Libertone, Pennsylvania, poetry, soft hackles, Sulphurs, Walt Franklin, wild trout, writing | 24 Comments

No Run-of-the-Mill Run

Posted on May 21, 2019 by rivertoprambles

I’d passed the Pine Creek tributary a thousand times, hardly ever noticing its alder-bank flow beneath Route 6. I seldom considered its steep descent along the edge of state forest land until I learned it was a PA Class A … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ecology, environment, fly-fishing, Gougers, hiking, lost terrain, Mill Run, Pine Creek, poetics, psychology, wild, wild trout | 6 Comments