Yesterday was a fantastic day, considering I was planning on taking Todd to the John Day, which is currently frozen... you can actually walk across the river on ice. So as apposed to canceling and trying again later we just committed to going fishing, and it paid off. I was hoping to swing some flies but 14 degrees for several days can really shut the fish off. Beads Always produce. I really enjoyed spending the day with you Todd, and your respect for the fish is uplifting to see. The steelhead we caught were ready to spawn and the 14 degree air temp wouldn't have helped them any for a photo shoot. Im sure yesterdays temps, ice and solitude were more than enough of a memory, scratched the steelhead, bull, whitefish and Redside off the list in four hours... I was happy to just be there. Now, a winter steelhead! The Bull trout was in great shape, so.. why not a little grip and grin-