Good fishing was the theme of our seventh Fireside Philosophers event, which brings several outdoor writers together every year for a weekend of Warren County adventures. On Friday Gregg Rinkus and I traveled into the Allegheny National Forest to … Continue reading
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Last weekend, five of us camp regulars completed our fourth annual summer float down the Allegheny River, and this year we experienced unusual fishing success. I arrived early Friday to cut grass and do camp chores. By the … Continue reading
As Todd and I pushed our canoe into the river, we saw how heavily-laden it was. Dome tents, sleeping bags, a cooler full of food and drinks and bundles of clothing and gear filled up the wide-hulled 14-foot watercraft, along … Continue reading
That’s why you buy a camp, so you don’t have to sleep out under a tent, right? But we chose to do it anyway last weekend, for the first time in F-Troop history, and we had a great time. … Continue reading
Last weekend I attended the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association annual awards conference along with my fiancée Donna Rai’ and my friend Brad Isles, who is a fellow writer and member of the organization and designer of this Web site. … Continue reading
We came off the mountaintop and hit the stream branch two miles up from the river on opening day, 2008, and I headed straight to a sweet little spot I’d fished before, twice last summer. A deep run there … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, six adventurous camp enthusiasts traveled up to F-Troop for the 20th annual Motorcycle Pete Retreat (see archives, 3-5-07). Usually this outing features a breakaway from the winter blues with warming temperatures and healthy pre-spring … Continue reading
It’s a sunny, cold Tuesday afternoon in February, and I’m out for a rare winter hike along the Shenango Trail. I pull in at New Hamburg, four miles upstream from Big Bend, and see not a single tire track in … Continue reading
Next weekend we’re going to add a new annual tradition to the F-Troop Camp calendar, a late-winter coyote hunt. Gary and Brett Peterson, Todd Puleo, and I will travel up Friday evening, and Brad Isles and possibly one or … Continue reading
Deer season officially ended with our annual winter muzzleloader hunt at camp last weekend. We had a record NINE attendees, including one newbie and one second-timer, and we hunted hard all day Saturday (at three different locations in the … Continue reading