Getting Ready For Spring

Spring Has Sprung, So lets Get Fishing.

One more day or so and it will officially be spring. I have stocked up on all my favourite tackle for this coming fishing season. I can’t begin to tell you how much money I have spent over the winter months, but I know I have what I need to get the job done this season. There are many new and exciting new lures out this year, and as always I gather the ones I feel will work the best when I fish. Now I just need to go and try them out. Speaking of trying things out, my new boat has arrived from Idaho and I cannot wait to blow it up and spend the day floating the bow river. It’s a Saturn inflatable raft and its 14.6 feet in length. I am now going to buy an aluminium rack for the boat and my clients will be sitting in swivelling bucket seats. I look forward to seeing you out this year on a guided fishing trip with me. Out with the old boat and in with the new one!

Speaking of old stuff, I have noticed that some of the tackle and fishing rods I use have been discontinued. That is one thing that really gets me heated up. I use a particular product and I love the product. Then the next year they decide that they are going to take it off the market forever. I get frustrated with tackle companies that make lures or rods and reels. They keep on removing the good stuff to make room for the new and improved lures, rods or reels. Now when I find something I really like, I buy at least two of them so when they do stop making it, I know I have at least one back up. Here is what I have two or more of. Berkley Precision Tech spinning rods, Berkley Series One spinning rods, all sorts of discontinued Rapala lures. Berkley crank baits that have been discontinued and the list could go on and on. I was just in Wholesale sports looking for another Berkley Precision Tech rod last weekend and could not find what I was looking for. Seems to me I made a good call when I bought two of them instead of just the one. I am getting smarter with old age.

One more thing I would like to mention is this coming fishing season is looking like a good one. I know I say that every year but I can’t help it. With the new boat and new fishing gear, I hope to see many of my past clients out again fishing with me this year. I have booked three guided trips for this coming season and hope to do many more. Guided fishing trips make great presents for dads, uncles or brothers and sisters who love to fish. Please do them a favour and buy them a guided fishing trip this year. I’m sure they would love you for it not to mention the fact that they will have a blast and catch tons of fish. So with that I hope to see many new faces this year and many of you who I have already served in the past. Let’s get on the river and into some monster trout!