Winter

essays and musings on fly fishing for native trout

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Recent Storm Blues

April 5, 2010 ⋅ 13 comments

Spring is a temptress, toying with the hearts of anglers. It’s enough to bring on the blues. (In word and music.)

The temperature inversions in our valley have one positive affect: some incredible hoar frost (radiation frost) builds up. As I wait for ice and joints to thaw, and fish to move, I walk the valley. Exchanging fly rod and flies for tripod and camera, I stay as close to water as I can. Stalking scenes [...]

Autumn Turns Against the Current

October 8, 2009 ⋅ 36 comments

It is said that the autumn of our life is a slow and steady slip into winter, synonymous with the time when animals hibernate and plants die. Some might think of it as more of a homesickness, not a geographical homesickness, but a chronological one—a time for reflection, for looking back at what was. Autumn is a matter of perspective—of seeing our current time as just that, current.

Passionate or Whacked?

March 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve owned my V-Star 1100 for about eight months now. I bought it in the summer. It was great to ride around in the warm weather. School started (I’m a teacher) and I figured it would be a great gas saver to ride the bike. It certainly was, considering the truck I drive gets about [...]