Weekly Update...

Well, another week goes by fishless, though I will say that I’m starting to get geared up for some spring fun. I was in Cleveland for the week, and we had a large thaw in Southern Maine. Not all the snow is gone, but a decent chunk…

After a horrible travel day on Friday (14 hours, 5 of which were on a bus and NOT planned), I sat down to the bench on Saturday, and started tying for the first time in months. Since the house has been on the market (a year ago), and really even before that, I hadn’t had much time to really tie flies. Sure I had a few eggs here, and some sucker spawn there, but no real tests. I finally came to the conclusion that I NEED to practice. I spent the last 2 days pushing out some black ghosts, and a few Montreal whores…Nothing too complex, but enough to help me get a bit of an edge back…I have been playing around with a few experimentals but I’m not too sure where they’ll end up…in a box or under a razor…

So on the fishing front…Maine is ice…Boz is being ambitious with a predicted day of April 10th for ice out, so we’ll see. The 10 day has some decent temps in it, so fingers are crossed…
In Ohio, warm weather, wet snow, and rain have kept the rivers HIGH! Some of the smaller tribs have been fishing, but I would definitely say we haven’t had a chance to really get out and see what the fishing will be like after the flood. Fish are being caught, and they are beginning to get a bit more active with some of the run off. Fingers are crossed for a decent spring run there…
Here’s a few pics of the bench over the last few days…

Marabou

Black Ghost

The Whore

Finn Excited About Tying

Back in Cleveland this week...see you all in a week!