I’m sitting next to the classroom window on the third floor. From this vantage point I can see how the wind is faring. I pretend to pay attention to the instructor, occasionally nodding in agreement at some unheard point of emphasis. By two o’clock, the breeze is waning, the flagging branches of the trees below [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dry fly’
Thirty minutes of timeless water
Posted in Steelhead Sanity, tagged dry fly, rivers, spring on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Wind (a fishing report – kind of)
Posted in Weather, tagged dry fly, spring, Weather on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The oak woodlands are bright green with the beginnings of wildflower carpets across the sunlit hillsides. Along the river, the purple lupine and golden poppies celebrate the new sun. This could be the quintessential spring scene except for one thing: the wind. I saw the warnings – gusts up to 40 mph – on the [...]
