David A. Van Wie
Kennebago to Katahdin: Back in Thoreau Country
Henry David Thoreau was badass. Many people think of philosophers, naturalists and social activists as what, shall we say, soft? But...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 30, 2017
- 10 min
I Took To The Woods
I am not sure what I expected, but certainly not this. When I was planning my #StoriedWaters trip, I included the Rapid River in Maine,...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 27, 2017
- 7 min
they shake the mountains when they dance
I’ve never actually seen one of the Boys dance at the Dartmouth College Grant, except maybe a little victory jig when someone lands a big...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 24, 2017
- 6 min
Tie Flies When You're Having Fun
Lancaster, New Hampshire is a delightful little town. The reason the per capita level of delight is so high in this northern village of...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 14, 2017
- 6 min
The Kingdom River
In his critically-acclaimed book, Vermont River, author and fly-fisherman W.D. Wetherell never tells us exactly which river he is writing...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 13, 2017
- 8 min
My Homerian Odyssey
My Storied Waters journey has only been four weeks so far, not ten years. Still, like Homer's Odysseus, I have seen some fantastic...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 9, 2017
- 6 min
Grackles Unlimited
When mayflies are hatching, it’s not just the trout that take notice. Swallows (during the day) and bats (at dusk) divebomb from above...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 6, 2017
- 4 min
The Trout Also Rises
It has been a cool, wet spring in northern Michigan. The rivers have been running high, and the bug hatches are off by about a week or...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 2, 2017
- 6 min
Bourbon Out Of An Old Tin Cup
I felt like I had walked onto the pages of Trout Magic. There I was- casting into the fabled Frenchman’s Pond under the friendly guidance...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 31, 2017
- 4 min
Amazing Grace
This whole trip is Gracie's doing. Last year, when we were preparing to publish The Confluence, I had to get permission to reprint the...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 29, 2017
- 6 min
Exploring The Flambeau & Namakagon Rivers in Northern Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold was worried about the future of the Flambeau River. In A Sand County Almanac, he explains how his father “used to describe...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin
Everyone has a hero, or so we say. My heroes are not your typical war or sports heroes, nor people who performed some superhuman or super...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 26, 2017
- 6 min
The Fishing Were Rising, But I Needed More Bytes
After getting off the Yellow Breeches at 6:30 on Saturday, I drove only a couple hours before I was ready for dinner and a good night’s...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 25, 2017
- 5 min
Yellow Breeches
Yellow Breeches, Full of stitches, Mammy sewed the buttons on. Daddy kicked me out of bed For sleeping with the breeches on. The source...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 24, 2017
- 6 min
Mr. Van Wie, Mr. Brown is on Line Two
Lou Zambello and I had been waiting for the sulfur hatch to start, but it was now after 8:00, so we were wondering if the hatch would...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 22, 2017
- 6 min
A Touch of Graystones
If Pennsylvania is the bedrock of American fly fishing, that bedrock is folded and wrinkled like the fishing clothes stuffed into my...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 21, 2017
- 6 min
Beaverkill Blues
The Beaverkill earned its well-deserved fame during the railroad era, when the fabled Ontario & Western (O&W) Railway ran from New York...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 19, 2017
- 5 min
You Should Have Been Here Last Week
While making final plans for the Storied Waters tour, I was joking with friends that I had to be prepared for six weeks of bad timing....
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David A. Van Wie
- May 17, 2017
- 4 min
The Four Freedoms
On Monday, I gave a talk about the Storied Waters tour at Orvis headquarters in Arlington, Vermont to about 25 Orvis associates. Nearly...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 15, 2017
- 4 min
Big Water on the Battenkill
After launching the Storied Water tour at Walden Pond, where Thoreau "lived deliberately" in 1845, I moved on to Manchester, Vermont...
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