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Going into the Labor Day weekend, I regret to announce I am suffering from PAWS.
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, that is.
Owing to an unfortunate concatenation of events — namely, the weather — I have not wet a line in two weeks.
LIME ROCK — If car fans have to choose one day out of three for bad weather, most would vote to rain out the parade or concours day, to ensure that the track is dry and safe for racing on the other two days.
LIME ROCK — For some, the racetrack at Lime Rock Park is a place to watch large, fast, powerful cars muscle their way around the bends and curves in pursuit of victory.
As we head into the end of August let us scrape off the mildew and assess the state of play for this fishing season.
We had approximately 80 kajillion inches of rain in July, which rendered the rivers and streams mostly unfishable. Also unboatable, and unanythingable except observation-from-a-prudent-and-respectful-distanceable.
For true automotive fans, there is almost as much excitement in the pit area as there is on the track. Photo by Lans Christensen
LIME ROCK — Auto racing tends to go at high speed and in short bursts. The International Motor Sports Association race at Lime Rock Park last weekend follows a different format, with huge cars and top American drivers duking it out during 2 hours and 40 minutes on the track.
MILLERTON — The sounds of sheep could be heard running around the fields behind Caora Farm in Millerton, as it hosted the annual Sheep Dog Trials during the last weekend in June, from Thursday, June 24, through Sunday, June 27. It was a hot few days for both man and animal.
Patrick L. Sullivan caught a bass at a private lake that helped him understand why they’re called “largemouth.” Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
It’s baseball’s All-Star midseason break so let us take a similar look at the fly-fishing season thus far.
Much of the early going was spent on what us professional fly-fishing scribes refer to as “little blue lines” — those thin blue squiggles on the map that may or may not have a name and may or may not hold wild trout.
Christine O’Connell, left, and Cait Dunn, right, competed in the “stone put.” Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
LIME ROCK — The weather wasn’t really appropriate for a Scottish festival: humidity and 90 degree temperatures aren’t really the thing for men and women wearing wool kilts and competing in trials of strength that include tossing telephone pole-sized cabers and 13-pound rocks.
FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One School District Middle School Athletics and Activities Committee met online Wednesday, June 23, and received an update from Athletic Director Anne MacNeil.
An old-school bucket hat protects the neck as well as the face on a sweltering day. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
Two weeks ago, after a long, chilly, wet “spring,” it suddenly turned into summer. I dutifully folded and stored the flannels and Viyellas and big old Filson wool shirts, and dug out and hung the madras, seersucker, aloha and summery shirts.
Then the temps dropped like a tungsten head nymph tied on a jig hook. Of course.
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