Tomorrow?

Well, I had been looking so very forward to fly fishing this spring  – and especially to Opening Day and carrying on a tradition that goes back more than half my life of spending the day with my long time friend Dave Moore – and a newer part of that tradition – my 16 year old son Colin joining us.

But it was not to be, and I have a case of excusitis – actually, good reasons why.

Sadly, my father-in-law (my sons’ Colin, James and Alex grandfather) passed away after a battle with a tumor.  His memorial service was held on Opening Day.  Brian McCleery was a man that I respected and loved and who continued to be my friend even through matrimonial issues with his daughter, my ex-wife.  Although not much of an angler, Brian McCleery was quite the sailor and for years would sail and race his Wayfarer throughout Canada and even represented Canada at a World Championships in Denmark.

It was a very sad day when I received the news of his passing.

Since then, there have been a few other personal issues that have kept me from being able to get out on the water – and I’m itching like crazy to do so!  I was going to take out my “wee man” on Saturday, but he likely wouldn’t have enjoyed the cool weather with the pouring rain that came down like “cats and dogs.” But the weather forecast for the next few days looks like it could be perfect spring fly fishing weather, and I’m hoping to get in a few hours at least.

One thing I noticed on my errands yesterday was that at least near by here, the water levels that were so dangerously low last summer seem to have recovered and then some! All that snow and the wet spring we’ve had have brought up the water levels of the lakes, ponds and rivers here which should be a very good thing.

I’ve spent some time cleaning fly lines and tying up flies with the “wee man” (very encouraging when your five year old son wants to spend hours at the fly tying bench!) the past few days and am hoping very much that I’ll be able to wet some of these flies tomorrow – or at least by Tuesday!

As well, some other events to look forward to – some months ago I referred to a certain woman here -  and there are some plans in the works for the not so distant future to stand in a river or sit in a boat and cast flies to trout together.  I’m very much looking forward to that!

But hopefully – tomorrow – I’ll be able to report back that I’ve brought trout to hand and I can look forward to more regular updating of the blog and site.