I really love reading stories about people who get out fly fishing in the winter. I wish I had the time to do that, but my passion to teaching skiing pretty much eats up all of my spare time in the winter.
But, I'm tying flies - mostly still working on woolly buggers. I ordered some Muddler Minnows from a guide I've fished with a couple years ago.
I also bought a sling pack from Orvis at a great closeout price. I've wanted to try fishing with a pack rather than a vest for a while, but the cost seemed too prohibitive. I got an Orvis gift certificate for Christmas and they had great closeout prices on their packs. I guessed correctly that they were in the process of unveiling a new line of packs, but I'm fine starting with the old line.
The Fly Fishing Film Tour and the Otter Creek Classic are on my mind already.
And, I've been working on a list of flies I need to either tie or buy for the upcoming season. Amazingly, the list contains about 200 flies, split over 15 or so patterns. Those 15 or so patterns make up 90% of what I use for wet flies here in VT. Considering that I caught fewer than 15 fish on dries last year in VT, I don't really need to do much tying or buying in that department.
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