This is the time of year when guides, outfitters and fly
shops spend hours behind windshields on sometimes treacherous roads to fill
their summers doing what they love … putting clients on fish. Certainly my life
is no exception. Last weekend I was in Madison at the Badger Fly Fishers’
Spring Opener, a group I had the privilege to speak with not long ago. It’s
always fun to go to shows to renew acquaintances and to visit with potential
clients. Renewing acquaintances has gotten easier thanks to today’s technology
and I offer the picture here as evidence. I received an email recently from
Dean, who took a U.P. Fly Angler hat to the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall is an awesome sight
enhanced, in my opinion, by his choice of headgear (look closely at the logo). Thanks to Dean for the picture. Speaking of technology, you can now find the U.P. Fly Angler on Facebook at this address. Please like us and visit often, especially during the season,
where you’ll be able to receive up-to-date reports and photos.
Looking forward to the season, I was out and about on
Saturday. Snow totals are behind last year, although we still have a solid 30
inches of snow on the ground after four inches of the fluffy stuff yesterday.
Cold has been the operative term with the mercury dropping to -26 on Thursday
morning. Needless to say, the rivers are iced over in most spots and it will be
a while before fishable water appears. That being said, I know many folks are
looking forward to the opener of Wisconsin’s early trout season on March 7.
Good luck to those lucky enough to find themselves with a fly rod in their
hand.
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