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Five Things to Do to Combat the Winter Blues
This winter has been one for the record books, extreme cold and heavy snows have kept most of us indoors. If you are like me being stuck indoors is as close to hell on earth as I can imagine.
Below is my list of things that I do to keep my sanity while waiting for mother nature to loosen her grip and let me get out in play.
- Attend fly shows and fishing club meetings. You will be surrounded by like minded folks and have lots of opportunities to talk fishing to your hearts content.
- An obvious one is tie flies. Filling your boxes with your go to stuff will give you a jump start on the season. Also a lot of fly shops offer fly tying demos from local fly tying experts. Going to those tying events will teach you lots of new tying ideas. Or check out the Hawkins YouTube channel as we update it with new patterns and tips and tricks.
- Organize and clean your gear. If you are like me, by the end of season my gear bags look like something exploded in there. Taking the time to reset and clean your stuff, you will appreciate the effort when season starts.
- Plan next season's adventures! Local or exotic destinations with old friends and new need advance planning. Figure when, where and with whom is a lot of fun. Anticipation is a great thing.
- Go fishing even though it is winter. As guides, winter is about the only time we get to fish together. There are steelhead in the rivers all winter, many trout sections are open also. Just change your tactics a little and be prepared for the cold but get out there when there are small breaks in the weather.
Though at times it doesn't feel like winter will break we all know spring will come. Using the winter months to get prepared will help you keep your sanity.
See you in spiring!
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