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08-30-2019, 06:59 AM | #93 | ||||||
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I love that river Ron, and fish it at least once, maybe twice or more, each year.
Trust me, the fishery is not ruined - there are just a lot more people coming each year, what with ww rafting and kayaking. But the fish are still there. But when “Culvert Pool” is lined with 6 fly-fishers and another one steps in, I step out. There are plenty of pools to fish. .
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08-30-2019, 07:03 AM | #94 | ||||||
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Speaking of Kukonen et al, I hope all you fly-fishers bought a copy of Austin Hogan’s book.
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08-30-2019, 07:11 AM | #95 | ||||||
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Fall is finally approaching us here in the South. Last evening the Cicadas seemed to be crying loudly for Summer to hold on a little longer. The sky was a deep azure blue that can only be seen here when the humidity is taken aback by the approaching Autumn. The temperature this morning was hovering between 59 and 60 and a mist was coming off the waters. But the predicted highs for the next several days are in still in the 90s, but there is evidence of a coming freshness!
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08-30-2019, 07:19 AM | #96 | ||||||
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There is certainly a “mist coming off the water” here in Maine this morning. Only just now able to see “Blueberry Island” through it.
Oops... spoke too soon. .
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08-30-2019, 07:48 AM | #97 | ||||||
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Hmmm... I feel like I’m in the Stephen King horror story... “The Mist”
It’s baaaack ... .
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08-30-2019, 08:25 AM | #98 | ||||||
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Here's some Adirondack photos showing misty onset of Fall. These are from a couple of years ago late-September timeframe. The top photo has a pair of loons in it, but it's tough to see them. The middle photo has a single juvenile loon in it.
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Here's the passage from a day at the end of August that reminds me of your post: "In low spots along old country roads today I found the joe-pye weed in bloom; a rank grower, which in mass is often beautiful. There is a real touch of fall in the air: at twilight the crickets call. The goldfinch has a swooping flight; the aristocratic cedar birds are through with their late nesting; already the robins are beginning to gather, restless for their southern journey. And I found a fringed gentian by a woody roadside." It's so nice to live where you can see the seasons unfold, and have the familiarity with your surroundings to know their subtleties and nuances. Again, thanks to all of you who have contributed to this post. We are going through some tough times here with one of our dogs having cancer, and my own diagnosis with the same. It's nice to read these positive posts in a time when there is so much acrimony elsewhere. Thank you!
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08-30-2019, 09:58 AM | #100 | ||||||
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Reading “A Countryman’s Year” is so much like reading Robert Frost’s New Hampshire poetry.
“Stopping by the Woods” is a beautiful little poem but he wrote so much more wonderful stuff - “West Running Brook” being one. Maybe it’s because they were of the same New England generation... .
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