I built a fire last night because I didn’t feel like turning on the downstairs heat. While an open fireplace is considered to be an inefficient method of heating, you can’t beat it for ambience. I did manage to raise the temperature five degrees, and it felt rather grand to stand on the hearth. No fire tonight, but I’m staying warm with a nice Italian red (Caparzo Sangiovese Toscana 2013, an absolute steal at $11.99).
Farmington River: If you’ve been out fishing, good on you. Me, I’m saving my chips for warmer weather. And transferring my fishing energy to tying.
Steelhead: There is a sense of derring-do about embarking on a single-digit temperature adventure, but see “Farmington River” above. If you’re not aware, there’s been a fish kill this season on the Salmon River. Here is the latest theory: http://wrvo.org/post/fish-die-salmon-river-could-be-caused-vitamin-deficiency
Small streams: I’ve driven past a few, and after the last two nights they are looking more like frozen tundra than running water.
Stripers: I used to fish for them in January. Right now, the pragmatist in me is crushing the romantic. Not that the romantic really minds.
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I remember this day. It was about 400 degrees in the shade. Tonight, not so much.
The photo gave me a headache. At least we got a good run of weather into the end of December.
Yup. Can’t complain about December.
Doesn’t Ben and Jerry make an ice cream called the Frozen Romantic?
I know that people on the east coast throw flat wings for stripers, but they do a number on Pike in the midwest and big smallmouth like to whack the tar out of em from time to time.
Enjoy your blog, one day I hope to make it out there, stand in the surf and thank the gods for stripers.
Thanks Stuart. I think it is a moral imperative for you to to one day catch stripers in the Atlantic Ocean.
Amen!
Steve, enjoy your posts immensely. Tied some soft hackled ants, some with red floss between the peacock. will let you know how they do. (in July, not today)
Oh! I like that floss idea. The trout will, too.