Well, it looks like no trout for me this year. The rivers that I usually fish got caught in that big flood last year...and, believe me, I don't feel bad about the fishing but I feel awful about all of those nice people up there in Minnesota and Wisconsin who got their homes and businesses wrecked by that flood.

I'll try to find some solace in fly rodding for crappie or smallmouth down here in Illinois. Crappie are particularly susceptible to taking a fly and are better than nothing. They ain't two-handed salmon but they keep the reflexes in tune.

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AA