Spring is well on its way here. The brooks are running bank full as the snow slowly melts, the fields are free of snow for the first time since Christmas and the birds have begun to return. This week Argy and I were on our evening walk and I commented that the woodcock should be back soon no sooner were the words out of my mouth and we could hear that unmistakable twitter overhead. They are back!
Recently I wrote a post about a snowshoe trip and how the clients were delighted to be on wooden snowshoes. I was amazed to think that they were over 30 years old. That got me thinking about the things that I use that simply do what they were intended to do year after year like the wooded snowshoes. Lots of things come to mind and I thought that folks might like to know about some of the equipment I use that just plain works.
We have had two big rainstorms this week that have made considerable progress on melting away the snow. Temperatures are warmer to be sure but who feels warm when it is blowing a gale, raining steadily and foggy? The good news is that as the snow and ice gradually retreat we are closer every day to launching the Lund and learning what this springs fishing will be like.
