Winter and Catskill seasons:  Is there anything as inspiring on a fleeting winter day, then a frosty afternoon trek along a snow-covered road.  Soft dabbled sunlight casts long shadows, as mountain air cools like a brick dropped from a four-story building.  Don’t dally, but enjoy the sights.

Winter shadows:

A partial wet flow, of an ice covered mountain brook, glistens in mid-day sunlight.  Unrestrained water gently gurgles meandering downstream.  In coming weeks, as snow melts, this mountain brook will bellow the loud notes of a full church choir.

Biscuit Brook winter:

For a change of seasons, we find ourselves in a Catskill hollow, where native brook trout reside in a secluded small pond.  A pond with a time-honored, weathered, abandoned structure in clear view; a clash of the present and the past.

A summer’s day hollow:

Flyfishers, the Esopus, and brook trout:  Big Bend, a fisherman’s landmark on the Esopus Creek.  It was a favorite of the late Arnold Gingrich, noted author, flyfisher, and a founder of Esquire magazine.  The idyllic scene from above has graced the pages and covers of many publications.

Big Bend, Esopus Creek (DtC):

Not far away, upstream as the crow flies, lies Jennings Pool.  Preston Jennings was another noted Esopus flyfisher, and friend of Arnold Gingrich.  He often cast his offering in this Mt. Tremper pool, viewed below in autumn attire.

Autumn on Jennings Pool (Sold):

The New York State is the native brook trout, no small wonder why given the colorful garb it wears.  The one below took up residence in the East Branch of the Neversink, a watershed home to such flyfishers as Theodore Gordon, Edward R. Hewitt, Leonard Wright, Ed Sens, and many others.

East Branch Neversink brook trout (Sold):