Howdy folks. It's been a rather hectic around here as of late with school and coaching, but I've managed to get down to the river, no matter how tired I feel. Some things are too important to dismiss with excuses like grocery shopping or laundry. I walked down to the Kinni the other night after a day of steady rain and had a delightful hour and a half of fishing. I had the river and a light blue wing hatch all to myself. Not sure how many I caught, but the fishing was steady. Caught most on a blue wing dropper, and I took a number of fish on the swing, which is a sure sign fish are getting active. As the temps warm, the fish spread out and get more aggressive. If things are slow, try switching to a soft hackle under a beadhead, and be sure to let your flies go through the entire run before lifting for another cast. I've found success the last few years using pink sow bugs in April and May. I suspect they look like Hendricksons to the fish. Give it a try.

Chris returned this weekend from a few days at a music fest in Austin, Texas. As always, he picked up some great music and is looking forward to sharing it on FWJ. We hope to get into the studio mid-week, so we'll have an episode ready for your enjoyment soon. Stay tuned.

We haven't had much feedback lately, so please take a moment to share some thoughts with us. We'd like to think you're out there fishing and way too busy to send us a note, but we'd love to hear from you when you get the chance.

This coming week we'll be making preparations for Fish Camp. It promises to be a big year. If you'd like to join, please send us a note. We want to be sure to have enough pheasant and wild turkey chili. Again, the date is May, 8. If you come, we might make you buy a long sleeve t-shirt. We still have quite a few left, and we'd like to order our next product, the FWJ killer fish hat.

That's it for now, keep those stream reports coming. Hope to see you along the banks somewhere soon.

Joe