Happy Holidays All! I hope the members of our community & their families are enjoying some safe & joyful moments this season! Anybody score any cool new gear? I have all the fishing gear I'll need for a long time but today my sister gave me a neat gadget - a LifeStraw - a personal water purifying device that purifies stream water as you drink it - aside from being ultra portable & convenient to use, it eliminates the necessity to carry water with you - you just dip some water out of the stream and use the straw to drink it! This will really come in handy on my next trip up to Hudson Bay - even on the islands there is no shortage of fresh water but there are also MILLIONS of geese up there which makes me a little nervous about drinking the water...back in 2010, up in Labrador, when Ron Rothenberger & I cut a trail out of the Churchill River Valley into the Elizabeth River Valley, we thought it would take us 3 days tops -the work was tough and it ended up taking 5 days and there was precious little water up on that height of land - we were drinking rain water out of moose tracks in the mud - one of these little gems would have been mighty handy...Be Safe & Tight Lines!

Looking to get some suggestions to fill a fly box for a Florida trip. I’ll be fishing from a buddy’s center console in and around Vero. Targets include Snook, Reds and trout. Maybe get lucky and find some Cobia off the beaches. March timeframe.

With the solstice about on us, it’s time to get the tying season going. I’m heading to the tying room to get a jump start on tying some striper flies today. But first- to organize the tying room that has served as more of a storage room since we moved here a year or so ago. Wish me luck. anyway- what is everyone (anyone?) else tying today?