Got out today on my favorite winter river, but she was well frozen over, lots of flood ice the stuff that will drop you 2ft to the hard ice under or in the water.. looks like this



and this


at least last week we had this..


So I hiked 3hrs with the dogs looking for open water and found it on another river..

I was rewarded with this nice guy.. about 20ins and never more the 4in from the surface of the water and back in with in 20seconds..


Even caught him on a fly that tied up last night..