Ladyfisher,

Thanks for the reminder.

Skunk cabbage and frogs are true signs of spring for me also.

A couple of nights ago the frogs were deafening at our place. All of us sat outside for about an hour and listened to their chorus. I am sure they were singing the promise of spring.

I watch for the skunk cabbage bloom. It signals it is also time for me to watch for the hatch of the alder flies on the lower Skagit River and the downstream migration of the searun cutthroat trout. It is a timing thing but if one can get it right when the little black flies are hatching and the cutthroat are feeding you can have some of the best dry fly fishing found anywhere on the planet.

I love this time of year.