Tag: fishing
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
For three days salt has encrusted my hair, I have drank more beer than water, and spent more time in the waves then on dry ground. Welcome to Baja California, the Sea of Cortez, a very sandy paradise. After 10 years of living so close to the border I have finally made it down to…
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Mountain Senses
Breath deep; the mountain air is thin yet it fills the lungs and brain to capacity. Heavy boots fly weary bones to the pass between two ragged peaks overlooking 11,000 feet of rock, wildflowers, and air. Take the dusty steep trail down to a pool of sapphire crystal. The edges of the glassy water so…
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To The Sierra Nevada With Love
Over the past few years I have fallen in love with the California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Since moving to California I have become a self proclaimed desert rat, odd for a girl from Maine. But something about the high alpine lakes and the lichen covered granite of the Sierras remind me of home. Since…
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Fly Fishing : When The Fishing Is Good
When is the fishing good? I would argue that actually catching fish has little to do with it. I find more pleasure simply watching the jeweled color salmonids chase my fly, snubbing it at the moment I think I may actually get a bite. In the unlikely event I do actually catch a fish I…
Bit of Betsy 