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William Claspy · December 7th, 2005, 07:12 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

On 12/7/05 1:26 PM, in article , "JR"
wrote:

William Claspy wrote:

It was about 6 degrees here this morning, and near future temps are supposed
to be 20 degrees below normal. I fear you won't be seeing any fishing trip
reports from this quarter for at least a couple of months!

Sorry to hear that.

Even mid to high 30s is too cold for sane people to be standing in
rivers g, but at least you're not cleaning ice out of your guides
every five minutes. Single digit temps? Uh uh.

Having lived my entire life in this climate, I'm not necessarily sorry to
see the departure of the fishing season as the water solidifies. Quite
simply, it is time to move on to other things- tying flies, cross country
skiing, projects in the woodshop. Writing up long overdue bibliographies.
Maybe take on building that 'boo rod? Granted, a fair amount of armchair
time in front of the fireplace will be spent spinning the webs of future
fishing trips and reveling in the memories of those in the past.

Ask me again in February, though, and I'll likely have a very different
answer... in the mean time, keep posting those reports!

Bill