Time to stop being lazy! So here goes.... We are getting ready for steelhead already here. The spring was pretty lame, with high water, cold temps and then hot! The good news is that it has been giving us plenty of time to plan for trouble in the upcoming year. Together with Jim over at Yellow Dog, we are putting a trip together for the Yucatan at Grand Slam Lodge... Wicked pumped about this! In addition, we have added Hardy to the line up at the shop. Now I can finally start fishing all those reels I have been collecting for years. As far as current fishing, the Allegheny for trout or the lake for white bass are offering the best games around.... We promise to start posting a bit more, and can't wait to flood the site during steelhead season!

Snow has covered the ground here since about the second week of December, so we are all getting a little bit twitchy around here. We are looking forward to a good spring! The snowfall totals are not really all that impressive, but not horrible either. Many of us are paying attention to this, as water conditions were so low last year, and we really need to recharge the water tables. Many of us believe that this was the primary factor in a low fish return year. With any luck, we will get a couple of nice dumps here before the spring comes, and fishing will pick up! With that being said, we have fished a pretty good amount in 2011 already. Trips to Penns and the Keys have come and gone with mixed success. I will post again with trip details soon! In the meantime, back to the vice!

Above: Mark form CT. with another nice fish from Elk