I went fishing/scouting today on several streams and rivers in my area. I found a few 2-toners and a bunch of summer fish. I also talked with a few friends I saw on the river, they too had seen or done some damage to the brat gene pool. Throughout the coarse of the day I saw and heard of over 30 winters hitting the bank. I personally saw about a dozen! On one small river I fish the average was about 1 winter fish per rod, for the guys that actually know how to fish. This seems to be one of the best early showing of brats in the past couple of years. I hope it continues to be one of the best years in recent history........it sure looks that way.