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Small Streams
Small streams. What can one say that hasn’t been said? Probably not too much. But that won’t stop me from trying. Whenever you say “small stream” to an angler an image instantly pops into his […]
Essays and Ramblings
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Summertime And the living is easy. Fish are jumping…
Ahh…summertime. A bluegill says summer like blue skies and sun and thunderstorms and cool nights and sweltering heat and mosquitoes and baseball and the Fourth of July and black raspberry pie. Whether it’s caught on […]
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A Little Small Stream Tenkara (very little)
A little while ago I headed to a small stream in my little corner of the world (Southwestern Pennsylvania). This brook is a vassal stream of the mighty Youghiogheny River. The Youghiogheny or Yough (pronounced […]
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Tenkara Tuesday Guest Post Over @ Troutrageous!
The powers that be over at the Troutrageous! Blog have generously given me a place to make some noise about Tenkara in America (read it here) as a part of the Tenkara Tuesday series – […]
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What is the state of American Tenkara?
I am sometimes attracted to something – to an image, a song, a phrase, even a word – and my mind rotates this thing around and around. I’ll find myself thinking about it all day […]
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Tenkara Rocky Mountain National Park 2011 and some Tenkara Musings
Tenkara is not just a style of fly fishing, it is a way of life. Just like our musical or cultural interests inform our clothing and hairstyle choices (I’m still trying to forget about my […]
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Sometimes the Monkey Wins
I just started reading the 1999 John Gierach book Standing in a River Waving a Stick – I’m not all that far into it yet , but so far so good. The first chapter is […]