Brutal cold spring weather, blizzards across the the Dakotas, ice on the guides, dogs sleeping with cats ... Where is the order in the world???
All right, I needed to get that off my chest. Spring may be here on the calendar only, but we're still out there pounding away at the water - just not for hours on end. My friend Chris Wedholm and I were down on the lower Kinni this past Sunday freezing our hands off, but the fish were cooperative, as long as you knew where to look. Take my advice: Fish the slower pools behind the riffles. The trout are feeding, but their metabolisms are still slow. A little twitch on the nymph and dropper works, but don't expect aggressive strikes. As the weather warms, this will change, but for now the fish are stacked up.
Chris and I will be back in the studio in the next few days. Getting our schedules to mesh is a bit of a challenge these days. I'm a volunteer baseball coach at the high school here, and my nights have been taken up. (Hey, I'm more than a pretty face and fly fishing guru.) If you have some suggestions to the show, let us know. If you have any complaints, direct them to Chris. I'm sensitive. This next episode I'll be talking about my trip out west, so I won't say much here, other than the blizzard was interesting.
We've scheduled spring fish camp for May 8th, so if you'd like to join us be sure to let us know. We'll even offer directions. Any friends of the show are friends of ours, especially if they bring potato salad.
Keep us posted on your fishing outings. We'd like to pass the info along on the creel section of the show. Hope to see you streamside. Be well, friends.
joe
All right, I needed to get that off my chest. Spring may be here on the calendar only, but we're still out there pounding away at the water - just not for hours on end. My friend Chris Wedholm and I were down on the lower Kinni this past Sunday freezing our hands off, but the fish were cooperative, as long as you knew where to look. Take my advice: Fish the slower pools behind the riffles. The trout are feeding, but their metabolisms are still slow. A little twitch on the nymph and dropper works, but don't expect aggressive strikes. As the weather warms, this will change, but for now the fish are stacked up.
Chris and I will be back in the studio in the next few days. Getting our schedules to mesh is a bit of a challenge these days. I'm a volunteer baseball coach at the high school here, and my nights have been taken up. (Hey, I'm more than a pretty face and fly fishing guru.) If you have some suggestions to the show, let us know. If you have any complaints, direct them to Chris. I'm sensitive. This next episode I'll be talking about my trip out west, so I won't say much here, other than the blizzard was interesting.
We've scheduled spring fish camp for May 8th, so if you'd like to join us be sure to let us know. We'll even offer directions. Any friends of the show are friends of ours, especially if they bring potato salad.
Keep us posted on your fishing outings. We'd like to pass the info along on the creel section of the show. Hope to see you streamside. Be well, friends.
joe
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Re.: fish camp. Maybe I'll come. We used to head up to Rusk County to fish on opener, then we would have it here, but it's kind of fallen apart since we lost my dad. But, I happen to be brilliant at making potato salad the old fashioned grandma type way. It's a little hard getting the man of the house out at that hour, but maybe I'll bring my brother. He needs to catch some fish this year. Do you know I caught a salmon in the Rush River today? April Fools! My son fell in the river on Saturday and is now just about as sick as a dog. No foolin'. Doesn't keep him from yanking my locks while I am typing here. Can't wait to hear the new show. Long live sensitive types without them there would be no art, music, literature, etc.
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