Proudly flying the rainbow colours, Christopher Street between Greenwich and West 4th Streets has its fair share of leather and sex shops, with some friendly bars and cafes along the way.

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Sounds silly, but in between the jumping in and throwing of and inviting friends over for a swim through my sea of rainbow colored play balls, my brain had time to recharge the parts that were slumped.

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Over the years, I gradually worked my way downstream from the West Branch to the big riffles and eddies of the Main Stem, where wild rainbow trout, more tolerant of warmer temperatures, reign supreme for the 35 miles between Hancock and Callicoon.

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