Spring River Ice Fishing Trip

[billynwtf]

Went to the river with Doc Dave yesterday. We waited until later in the morning to leave so the good ole sun could warm up the temp. Well it was 9 degrees when we left and had only warmed in the teens when we arrived. The river looked great. The river is running low and clear and it was a race to get our gear on and get to our hole. Well the fishing was slow. All the fish I caught came on a big black wolly bugger fished very deep and slow using a wet tip line and some extra lead. It was hard to cast because your line would freeze in the air. Also you had to dunk your rod to clear out the ice in the guides. The cork on my rod had alot of ice on it and kept my hand froze. Anyway I caught only a 5 fish limit. Nothing big just stockers. When we decided to go to the truck,while getting rods put away my waders froze stiff and my landing net froze. My wife thinks I am crazy. I just love to flyfish and I love the Spring River. In all we had alot of laughs,caught a few fish and had a pretty good time.