Matt Dickerson
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Clippings: What happens in the woods…
What happens in the woods stays in the woods. And that can be a problem. When I was young (many decades ago), if somebody asked a question that…
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Matthew Dickerson: On hubris and nature
Recently I had to leave the bubble of Addison County in order to help a family member. My trip took me across some areas of rural New England.…
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Matt Dickerson: One month, one river
I’ll admit to distrusting my memory these days. (What day of the week is it?) Last week seems like months ago, and May seems like a year ago.…
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Matt Dickerson: A fisherman gets a birthday surprise
I walked out on the dock, set down my fly rod and my blue canvas boat bag with my boxes of flies and fly-fishing gear, and went back…
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Matt Dickerson: Ephemeral nature
Ephemeroptera. That is the scientific name of the family of insects known more commonly as mayflies. The word is made up of two roots that come to us…
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Matt Dickerson: All this distancing is making things crowded
My alarm went off at 4 a.m. I bolted upright, fumbled for my iPhone on the nightstand, and shut it off as quickly as I could, hoping to…
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Matt Dickerson: Wild brook trout put on a big show during an unusual April
I admit that I don’t usually do much trout fishing in April. Sure, after spending more than five long months (starting Nov. 1) with few opportunities to get…
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Matt Dickerson: Social distancing safely in the Vt. outdoors
Five p.m. was rolling up on me and I needed to get outside. I’d been sitting at my computer all day, working remotely — preparing remote lectures for…
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Matt Dickerson: Fishing and social distancing
So what does a sports column look like in an age of COVID-19? In one sense, outdoor writing is quite different from more tradition sports media, because the…
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Matt Dickerson: The power of stories
Anglers like to tell stories. I’ll admit that’s not always a good thing. Some anglers may tend to ramble a little bit. Some of their fish stories may…
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Matt Dickerson: A first adventure in snow
Several days ago my wife, Deborah, and I went snowshoeing and cross-country skiing on a thick blanket of lovely fresh snow. We weren’t alone. Joining us on the…
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Matt Dickerson: Outdoors (and outdoor winters) in Vermont
This coming June, the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) is hosting their annual conference at Jay Peak up in northern Vermont. It’s a great gathering of outdoor…
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Matt Dickerson: A decade of family, friends and rivers
The decade of the “Teens” has come to an end. I know that most writers penned their end-of-the-year columns, or best-of-the-decade stories in late December as the decade…
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Matt Dickerson: Fresh fish through the ice
The first fish caught me by surprise. It was a landlocked salmon, and a fairly large one by the standards of that small Maine lake: about 18 inches…
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Matt Dickerson: On hope and delight (reflections on the end of a decade)
It’s the second of Christmas’s 12 days. The next time you pick up a paper with one of my columns, Christmas will be over. In fact, 2019 will…
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Matt Dickerson: Alaska, Advent and thoughts about waiting
My wife Deborah and I had dinner this week with our friends Rich and Jan Warren. We met at the Bobcat Café and Brewery in Bristol, one of…