Snow just won't quit

For the second Tuesday in a row, the U.P. has experienced snow. The proof is in the picture to the left. That’s just the kind of spring it has been and it has made the fishing tough some days and great others. This week Pete and Bob joined me and for the first eight hours of Day One, the fishing was brutal, as in no fish landed. It took a change in river systems to break the drought and Bob did it in fine fashion, landing a coho salmon from the first pool. Granted it wasn’t the largest coho ever caught, but it was the first I’d ever seen from that river. The next pool was literally ridiculous. For 90 minutes, it gave up rainbow after rainbow, the total exceeding three dozen. The day kind of summed up this spring … either crazy good or stupid bad. Streamers and nymphs continue to take the most fish, with the occasional trout falling to a tan caddis. It’s raining right now and we are expecting a solid inch over the next 24 hours. It is much needed moisture and, with more normal weather forecast for the rest of the week, fishing should shape up nicely. Continue to follow our Twitter and Facebook pages for updates.