A good friend asked me how was the river this spring? While it sounds like a strange question it really isn’t. Winter sucked from Dec on as temperatures were below average and the wind was something else. Not wild winds but rather 5 to 10 mph almost everyday and none of the smooth as glass thing. This spring until about 10 days ago everything was just plain stunted but has exploded with finally getting temperatures up. Canary grass is growing like crazy now and finally the birds have returned. I have lived on the river for 17 years now and I can say with certainty that this year the river was just plain weird. Cold, wet, windy is a nasty description but fitting for the last few months. It is getting warmer now and the birds are back and I sure missed those guys!

So yup winter and spring sucked at multiple levels and we look to be below average on temperature for another month. It would be nice to have a good summer but the jury is out on that one for a bit.