Recent
watercolors: Below are several recent
watercolors, of several places forever changed in 2011 by Hurricane Irene. Some of these images are now only burnt into
the fabric of one’s mind, a digital Jpeg file, or perhaps the brushstrokes of
an artist’s painting.
The
Haunted House Pool is located on the West Branch of the Neversink at Frost
Valley. The logging bridge serves as a
gateway to the Western Model Forest.
Sadly this pool is only a shadow of itself these days.
Haunted
House Pool:
This U&D 30 bridge was built in the early 1900s, and at one time crossed the Esopus Creek downstream of NYC’s Five Arch Bridge and upstream of the Ashokan Reservoir and Chimney Hole. Not only was it a favorite spot for anglers, but local high school students might sometimes be found jumping from it, into the cool waters of the Esopus Creek below.
Trestle (Sold):
White
Pond dates back to c1990 and is located at Frost Valley YMCA. It was dug out by the Ulster County Highway
Department, in need of gravel to repair UC 47.
Its construction was a win-win for all involved as it soon became one of
the finest wild brook trout ponds in all of the Catskills. Hurricane Irene forever changed that.
White
Pond summer:
Most
of the upper reaches of the Neversink are heavily posted, however there is a
very small parcel of NYS Forest Preserve to be found on the East Branch of the
Neversink. The landscape of the East Branch below was the
outcome of a “plein air - date day”, where one individual painted while the other
flyfished for trout.
