Swattie87
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Put my 2018 license through its first paces yesterday. Felt good to get out of the house and cubicle and into the woods for a day. I usually don't end up taking any days off work from about Thanksgiving until the beginning of April most years. This time of year coincides with the busiest time of year for my job (auto insurance claims) and I like to save my days for better fishing weather. It takes a toll on ya though...Need to do better about getting out fishing on weekends in Winter. I used to be better at it.
Hit a small freestoner with my GF in tow. Had reasonably good action for that type of stream in late January, helped I'm sure by the warm southerly breeze into the mid 50's. Landed a half dozen, mix of Brooks and Browns, including one pretty nice Brown for such a stream my GF got. Had action from double or triple that number, but they're hard to hook on the micro Buggers we were fishing.
Had a nice lunch streamside...Any more this has become a huge part of me enjoying an all day outing in the woods. I look forward to and plan the lunch nearly as much as I plan the fishing destination. Yesterday was jalap chili (Walmart's house line chili's are as good as you can buy for that kind of stuff), and a turkey/cranberry/walnut salad sandwich. IPA to wash it down. Picked up an ultralight backpacking skillet for Christmas that I forgot about til I got home...Gonna use it to toast up some pepperoni bread next time.
A few other thoughts from yesterday...There was evidence of VERY heavy ice still along the stream (see pictures), but there was no remaining ice in the stream channel. I fished once in mid December, but it was a quick couple hour outing. I hadn't been on an all day hike/fish trip since early November...amazing how your cardio goes to garbage. Was sucking wind on the uphills on the 2 mile hike out.
Looks like back to Winter for much of the upcoming 10 days, so glad I got out. I suspect my GF and coworkers will be happy I got out too!
Hit a small freestoner with my GF in tow. Had reasonably good action for that type of stream in late January, helped I'm sure by the warm southerly breeze into the mid 50's. Landed a half dozen, mix of Brooks and Browns, including one pretty nice Brown for such a stream my GF got. Had action from double or triple that number, but they're hard to hook on the micro Buggers we were fishing.
Had a nice lunch streamside...Any more this has become a huge part of me enjoying an all day outing in the woods. I look forward to and plan the lunch nearly as much as I plan the fishing destination. Yesterday was jalap chili (Walmart's house line chili's are as good as you can buy for that kind of stuff), and a turkey/cranberry/walnut salad sandwich. IPA to wash it down. Picked up an ultralight backpacking skillet for Christmas that I forgot about til I got home...Gonna use it to toast up some pepperoni bread next time.
A few other thoughts from yesterday...There was evidence of VERY heavy ice still along the stream (see pictures), but there was no remaining ice in the stream channel. I fished once in mid December, but it was a quick couple hour outing. I hadn't been on an all day hike/fish trip since early November...amazing how your cardio goes to garbage. Was sucking wind on the uphills on the 2 mile hike out.
Looks like back to Winter for much of the upcoming 10 days, so glad I got out. I suspect my GF and coworkers will be happy I got out too!