FoulHooked...(how'd that get there?)

: ascending rivers from the sea for breeding Stripers are in. "Steelhead" are on their way out. Foolishly planned a brookie pond weekend. Changes? We'll see. Right now I'm watching the ripples change their size .

Eventually, I'll catch up. In the meantime... Opening day +1

The trout season pseudo-opener is Wednesday. Luckily, the weather doesn't look especially promising, which will make sitting at my desk all that much more bearable. Took a scouting run to Default this Saturday. I was impressed, encouraged and disturbed all at once. I didn't see any fish activity, but the water looked very fishable and the meltwater flows have rearranged the pool slightly to make it more interesting (read: easier to nymph). I'm a bit afraid though, that the relatively moderate and crystal flows I saw on Saturday might mean virtually no water by June. Aside from that, Default is probably well on it's way to losing fishability for a Wednesday afternoon trip. Not that it could stop me. Default in Fall

Might end up being a trout fishery. Eventually .

Facebook let me know the score. It was put-up or shut-up time. "'one with the long socks' (a name improvised for me by one of "her" kids) you better catch a fishy using my wonderful fly or else you're fired =)" The plan was to swing with her pink-and-purple bunny leech through the Salmon , without losing it, until it brought in a fish...or longer. I thought I could at least pull a brown at the typical spot. I was wrong. And it got crowded fast. The water was high, the sun was bright, I was discouraged. Headed north to visit a friend and ended up spending all sunday up there as well. We made a half-hearted (me being the half) run at a knee-high brook that had been producingthe day before. I saw a few, but hooked only branches. Stopped off at another creek on the way back home. Ended up spending the entire afternoon there. Unfortunately, the size, layout, and snags made me give up on getting her fly to the fish. Fortunately, I had plenty of yellow and oran...

If you'd call me now baby... The river she calls. To-Do Before I Meet Her: -Tie -Clean Lens -Pack -Laundry? (probably not) -Eat -Nap -Wake -Drive -To Be There I'm gon' brawl. Back monday, hopefully with sore arms.

This one's for you Pat. "It’s tempting to dismiss Twitter fever as a passing fad, the Pokémon of the blogosphere. But it’s beginning to look more like yet another gateway drug to full-blown media narcissism. It’s not just television, of course. Ordinary people, bloggers and even columnists and book authors, who all already have platforms for their views, feel compelled to share their split-second aperçus, no matter how mundane." Sure, there's legit value in it as well, and maybe, some day, I'll see the light. But for now...I'll pass on this whole twitter mania thing. What...I don't have enough going on already?