TRS End of the Year Fly Fishing Blog Cliche

My end of the year cliche ... errrr ... video. Warning ... this will steal eight minutes of your life - eight minutes you will not get back.

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Nothing is so Beautiful

The world - it seems - has finally turned. Snow storms have given way to rain clouds; the cabin fever that so often plagues snow weary bug chuckers (even those of us who chase winter steelhead) has at last begun to subside. There are finally signs of a reprieve. There is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. There's hope.

"Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –"           

We've been fortunate to hook into more than our share of these guys ... a few we've even brought to hand.

Bacon and eggs just taste better when made in a pan that was made before Germany invaded Poland.

We've seen the start of another season on a river we genuinely love.

Thank you.

And we haven't neglected the small stuff.

Off to a Good Start

We're only a few days into the 2013 trout season, but we've seen a few hopeful signs. The rivers and their tributaries look healthy. There is still some snow pack left in the mountains. We're yet to see an angler carrying a creel, and the fish have been in all the places we might hope to find them.

Here's to hoping the trend continues ...

 

2012: A Narcissistic, Porntastic, Photographic, Piscatorial Review ... and Primus Sucks

We have one more trip planned before 2012 fades into the sunset, but the river nymphs and weather gods may conspire to keep us off the water. It's time for a quick look back ... and Primus ... because Primus sucks.