Cold Feet?

Last year my brother and I had the idea to get together for out father's birthday and do some winter fishing. It has now become a yearly trip. The gathering of cold feet happened this last weekend. The weather of course was going to be cold...but not as bad as last year..19 degrees and a blizzard...This year it was a balmy 21 when we arrived..warming up to about 30 throughout the day...

We fished our butts off...breaking regularly to warm the toes...A sub break in the afternoon...a few laughs in between..all in all just a great day for the three of us to spend some time together and attempt to catch a fish...some flies were offered up to the river gods, as well as split shot, leaders, tippet and some of our sanity...some advice on casting and high sticking....a few fish were hooked into...but nothing landed. We had the good fortune of running into a friend of mine...The Rusty Spinner...shared some water...shared some laughs...

This is the look of two cold guys questioning my thought process as to why winter fly fishing is a brilliant idea....

Maybe next year we'll do the birthday fishing trip six months before...in the 80 degree sun chasing warm water trophies....although I don't know if it would feel right chasing birthday fish without the cold feet....