Fishnfellas -

Let me rephrase my post - my personal experience is that I don't do too good the first couple of weeks after ice out - but that's because I'm primarily a hardware tosser.

I have also seen the vast majority of anglers don't do well right away either - and the catching get's a lot more democratic as the water warms three weeks plus after ice out or in April.

Having said that - I have always been jealous of the few anglers who do catch fish consistently no matter how cold the water is....I can now see you are one of those I've been projecting my evil thoughts at to no avail (pleeeaaaase...just a slow leak to his float tube to get him out of the water.....or, pleeeaaassee, let that fish bite my lure instead of his fly.......or....fish on? Not again!)

I'm glad you are having success early - I need to get better with a fly rod!

JK