Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sweet Vermont!

I am in Vermont for a couple of days. Vermont is a special, special place. It is my favorite state. It is green both literally and figuratively. This is an outdoors oriented state to say the least. Small towns, farms, trails, rivers, etc. What a place. Green, green, green. And great micro-brews to boot!

The Green Mountain National Forest basically runs north-south in Vermont. The mountains are full of small streams with trout. Brookies appear to be found only in the upper reaches or headwaters. I fished the Tweed River today and caught a couple of small rainbows, but no brookies. So I am on the clock tomorrow (I need to catch a brookie in every state).

Vermont is really where, as an adult, I rekindled my interest in fly fishing and trout. I travelled here several years ago to hike and fish and ended up buying 15 acres in southern Vermont.

2 comments:

Crimsaint said...

Mike - I will volunteer to start a blog with you next time you are in Vermont. Further examination of the VT microbrews is in order. I didn't know that you had land in VT. Is it similar to your photographs (topography, foliage, etc?) or more cultivated? Is there a fishable population on the land you own? - Tru

Chronicles of a Geographer said...

All forest. Sadly, we are about to sell. We just don't use it.

I love Vy micro-brews. My favorite is Magic Hat Brewery. Check out their web page.