Hey guys, welcome back to another week of the blog!
To be honest guys, this week did not really go as I had planned. As most of you know, life happens and there isn't much a person can do to stop it. In this case, mother nature happened to me and completely blew up my plans. My goal for this week was to take my flies to the water and see how well they worked. Unfortunately, as many of you have probably noticed, it has been below freezing this past week. Oddly enough, when the temperature drops to 32℉ and remains there for a long period of time, the water freezes over and turns to ice. This wouldn't be a problem if I was making jigs to bounce off the bottom, because I would still be able to go out and fish. In my situation, the flies float, therefore, I am not able to get the fly down to where the fish are at. I wouldn't say I'm the brightest person but I really don't think a floating fly would catch many fish out of an eight inch hole in the ice. I guess it is possible to make flies that would sink down into the water but I haven't made it that far yet. Maybe I should take that route in the coming weeks and try to fish with those. I would definitely have to obtain some patience because it would still take a while for the fly to sink down to the correct depth.
All in all, I am happy with where I am at right now in the process. This week obviously didn't go exactly how I planned it to but that's just life. Adversity will come and there's nothing a person can do to avoid it. The only thing you can control is how you react to it. I hope I have inspired you in my message today. Until next week!
Life does throw obstacles at us, especially when we don't need them. The weather this week has been so cold. I'm sure you'd be used to it because of hunting, but it's to dang cold outside for me. I'm glad that your process is going good and you seem to be having fun doing this. Keep working hard, I can't wait to see your finished product.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you are doing really well with this project and have come a long way. It is really unfortunate that you were unable to test out your product this week due to the weather. I think that everyone is at least a little upset with how cool it has been lately. Do you plan to use your flies this spring and summer?
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