The name rolls off our tongues around here without thought to its source. I remember the first time I heard it. We were in our eighth-grade homeroom at the old North Union High School when someone announced over the wall-mounted speaker that the chosen name for the new consolidated district ...
Angler Al Bell makes at least two impressions. One is of deep knowledge of his local waters, earned through frequent contact, keen observation and applying what he鈥檚 learned to target big smallmouth bass, walleyes, northern pike and trout. The other is full-bore enthusiasm. Angler Al loves ...
I鈥檓 always proud to host a friend or professional acquaintance visiting our area to enjoy its outdoor opportunities. John Plowman of Harrisburg is both, and before his visit here last weekend, I informed him that few places, east of the Rocky Mountains anyway, offer such diverse recreational ...
These days, it鈥檚 not often that I鈥檓 ahead of the 鈥渓earning curve.鈥� My little granddaughter, a two-year-old toddler, is more adept at phone applications, television channel selection, and operating the car windows than her oft-befuddled 鈥淧appy.鈥� But I was out front with ramps.Ramps ...
鈥淯nless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It鈥檚 not.鈥� That鈥檚 a quote from the Lorax, Dr. Seuss鈥檚 children鈥檚 book character who embodies environmental conscience. Whenever I encounter that quote, it brings to mind a corps of local ...
Some readers have recently expressed interest in fly-fishing. Fortunately, this is an apt time to prepare to sample this pleasurable approach to angling. Eventually, it will stop snowing, the mountain air will warm, and trout and their insect prey will get more active.Fly-fishing carries an ...
