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East Branch of the Delaware River
I have lived and fished in this area for a couple of years. I keep a canoe on the Pepacton Reservoir where I paddle and fish for trout and smallmouth bass. It is a lovely here with mountains, reservoirs, rivers, and abundant streams that sometimes have fish in them just waiting to be caught. Thank…
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Villa Manihuales
Villa Manihuales is found at the confluence of the Rio Niriguao and the Rio Manihuales. Villa Manihuales has a population of 3000 inhabitants. The primary income-generating activities of the area are mining, ecotourism, sport fishing, secondary activities include logging, dairy, farming, and livestock. The town is located along the Carretera Austral which is also called…
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The Last Flight Out
I was in Bogota Columbia and had just ordered my lunch at the Albahaca Restaurante, it was 1 PM Thursday, March 19th. While I was waiting for my food I took out my cell and opened the NY Times app which headlined the US government advised that all US Citizens should return home immediately or…
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Colombia
Heading back to Bogota on Tuesday morning, it’s a 8 to 10-hour bus trip through the mountains and the suburbs of the city. There is more to do in Bogota than in the campo especially if I am not fishing. I also want more Spanish tutoring, even though it’s expensive it does help my confidence…
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Packing For Patagonia
I now understand why some, those who can afford it, pay for expensive stays in Patagonian Lodges. For the past couple of months, I have been making lists, collecting, sorting fly fishing tackle, and preparing gear for the two-month trip to Patagonia; it has taken a lot of planning and sorting. It is a lot…
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Bisbee AZ February 2022
This past Christmas, I drove to California from New York. I had become sick of paying $250 a month for the storage locker I had in Santa Cruz, so I went to clean it out and ship it back to Delhi, which I still wanted. It was a costly trip, but the locker was closed,…
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Epic Summer On The East Branch
It has been a really good summer of fishing on the East Branch. Earlier in the season I hooked a humongous Trout while swinging a flashy Woolybugger. A few weeks later, after a big rain, I went out to the same area. The river was up but not so much that it was uncomfortable to…
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Fly Fishing On The Upper East Branch
Fly Fishing On The Upper East Branch Yesterday was hot, hot, and sunny. I didn’t make it to the River until about 11 AM, after coffee with Lenny and Bocchi at Jacks. The East Branch water was not low, but neither was it too high; I couldn’t see the riffles at the usual spot. But,…
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Springtime in the Catskills
It has been a cold spring but for the past week the weather has been warm and sunny during the day leading me to believe the rivers will warm. Because of the warming, yesterday, May 15th, I saw significant insect activity on the East Branch of the Delaware above the reservoir. They were clouds of…
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The East Branch
I fished Thayer Hollow on the East Branch of the Delaware River yesterday morning, arriving at 9:30; no one was there. I had the water to myself and proceeded to swing a nymph across and down the river with my Meiser trout spey rod starting from just below the parking lot. Later at about ten,…
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Travel To Chile February 1, 2021
The borders to Chile opened in November 2020 but there are rules that were not in force a year ago. Flights to Santiago from JFK are exceptionally cheap on Copa Airlines, my new favorite. There are several choices for flights from Santiago to Balmaceda in Patagonia but my suggestion is to stick with LATAM Airlines.…
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Update
I am making progress with editing my posts as I’m sure you can see. I’ve corrected grammar, spelling, and general sentence structure so it is more readable. I’ve also added pictures When entering the United States from a foreign country, it is now required to have a Covid test three days before you arrive at…
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Update
I am editing all my posts and correcting grammar and spelling. When this is done I will add photos.