Big News!!! I've kicked off my 2014 fishing season. I finally made it to the river Friday, March 14th with surprisingly little success being the ice just came off the water. I didn't spend very much time fishing, only about 2.5 hours, but loved every minute of it. I threw everything I had with me and not a single stop in the first hour or so. (Golden Stone's, Copper Johns, Hare's Ears, Pheasant Tail's and The Rainbow Warrior) The only thing that I pulled out of the water was a very nice 12-14 in Rainbow. I swear I smacked the fish right in the mouth to get it to take the rainbow warrior. The fish was very health and put up a fairly good fight for just coming out of a long winter. After this little trip I plan on spending a lot more time at the vise putting together another selection of flies to choose from for my next trip. Although fishing is pretty much the only thing on my mind, this upcoming weekend a friend is taking me flying in his Cessna T182. During the flight I would like to scout some sections of local rivers to see if anything else is open, as well as flight maneuvers, stalls and some touch and goes. After this hopefully I'll have some nice pictures to share from the flight. I plan on getting back on the water very soon possibly even this weekend.
In other news, I have decided not to go steelhead fishing this year. This will be two years in a row I won't be buying a steelhead license but it's for a good cause.
Baby Update:
As you know by now we are pregnant with our third child and it's a boy. My wife is doing great and she is coming to the end of the pregnancy. She is due at the end of April and we can't be more excited! This is one of the big reasons I'm not going steelhead fishing this year.
Thanks for reading!!!
Till Next Time - Tight Lines