Five of us just returned yesterday from our 23rd annual trout season opening day visit to Camp F-Troop. Fly-fishers Gary and Brett Peterson, and bait-slingers Todd Puleo, Brad Isles and I enjoyed a sunny, warm, rejuvenating weekend up in … Continue reading
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I’ve been very luck with my fishing adventures this year — with crappies, largemouths, smallmouths and trout — but my best catch and most interesting bite just occurred last Saturday up at camp. I held no great hopes for success … Continue reading
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
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 weekday trip to the mountains can be a rewarding and healing experience, even when you only get away for one day. Such was the case last week when I drove up alone to cut grass and work on the … Continue reading
Outdoor writers Ben Moyer, Gregg Rinkus and I caught 100 trout over a short weekend in the Allegheny National Forest recently, or perhaps we caught 50 fish two times each, so hungry and aggressive were these wild native brookies. But … Continue reading