Posts Tagged Central Park

Light at the End

May 31, 2020 at 12:08 pm · Filed under Tenkara News, Tenkara Trips ·Tagged , , , , ,

Light at the End . . .

The Lake in Central Park
(NYC 05 29 2020)

The sun, often hidden during this strange spring, has at last emerged to take its place as the season begins to brighten and warm at the end of May. Such conditions are not necessarily good for fishing, but given what we have all collectively had to endure, day after day sheltered indoors, it’s good to get out at last, and go fishing.

 

Silver Dollar Crappie
(NYC 05 29 2020)

Bluegill in the Shade
(NYC 05 29 2020)

And the angler is not alone. Sometimes it seems that nature’s other creatures are also happy to see you out fishing again (if only in the hope of a free fishy handout).

Old Mossback
(NYC 05 29 2020)

I have been fishing New York City’s parks for years and there is always on every trip a moment or more worthy of a story. That fact might be the brightest light at the end of this long tunnel of pandemic time.

Follow the Rules and Have Fun
(NYC 05 29 2020)

— rPs 05 31 2020

 

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C.A.S.T. for Kids at Harlem Meer

September 14, 2016 at 5:02 pm · Filed under Tenkara News, Uncategorized ·Tagged , , , , , , , ,

C.A.S.T. for Kids at Harlem Meer . . .
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2016-harlem-meer-flyer

I learned of C.A.S.T. for Kids from my fishing friend named Morgan. My appeal to you directly regards the event, a morning of city fishing, to be held  on Sunday, September 18 at Harlem Meer in Central Park.

 

My reasons are founded on several strong personal connections:

 

1) My wife’s twin brother, Louis, is a special needs citizen.

2) I am the author and illustrator of two books on fly fishing. The second, Small Fry: The Lure of the Little, includes a chapter on Harlem Meer as well as fly fishing with younger anglers.

3) I work part-time at Urban Angler, Ltd. on 5th Avenue and have independently guided several clients along The Meer, so I know the lake and how to fish there well.

4) I maintain an ongoing blog on tenkara, a simple form of Japanese fly fishing, great for Harlem Meer, which requires only rod, line, and fly. Physically challenged anglers have found the more simple style to be a godsend that allows them to keep fishing despite challenged limbs.

 

I’ll be there. Will you?

 

 

C.A.S.T. for Kids at Harlem Meer

8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Sunday

September 18, 2016

Dana Discovery Center

Harlem Meer, Central Park

New York, New York

 

 

– rPs 09 14 2016

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14th November, 2015

November 15, 2015 at 12:57 am · Filed under Tenkara Philosophy, Tenkara Reading, Uncategorized ·Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

14th November, 2015 . . .
 
for Albert Camus
 
War in Europe, again.
How ironic
And how parallel
 
To continental
Historical cycles
This conflict has arisen
 
To Whenever,
To Wherever,
Perpetual war cataclysm.
 
We people are a species
Stuck rocking
On our own rodent wheel,
 
Rolling
Rock of our own
Rolling.
 
— ron P. swegman
— 14th November, 2015
Reflecting November Rain (NYC 11 2015)

Reflecting November Rain
(NYC 11 2015)

— rPs 11 14 2015

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Hielo Grueso

February 28, 2014 at 6:43 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged , , , ,

Hielo Grueso . . .

Hielo Fino! (photo taken 02 2014)

Hielo Fino! (photo taken 02 2014)

The sign beside this Central Park pond read “Thin Ice” – Hielo Fino en español – and that was on Super Bowl Sunday, the one warm, as in fifty-degree, day during the entire month of February. The NFL did dodge a bullet and scored a great success in the New York metro area. For other sports fans, such as those who fly fish with tenkara equipment, this month has been not so much a disappointment as an extended test is patience.

But wait! Yes, wait, indeed: more snow is predicted over the first days of March, which shall be arriving like a lion.

That sign should now read “Thick Ice” – Hielo Grueso!

Hielo Grueso! (photo taken 02 2014)

Hielo Grueso! (photo taken 02 2014)

– rPs 02 28 2014

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