FISHING THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
Three-fourths of the earth’s surface is water and one fourth is land. It is quite clear the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn—Chuck Clark
This little adage came to me while I was looking over my suddenly greening yard during the warming trend of the first week of March. The warming trend meant better fishing while the greening lawn meant necessary(?) yard work to prepare for the accelerated growing patterns of spring. A dilemma!! Well, the 3-to-1 ratio rationale won and I had a long-awaited tilt with the fish in lower Greenbrier. My conscious was eased somewhat by me performing a check on my phenology plot behind the ranger house on lower Greenbrier on the way to fishing. From my Facebook Friends feed I saw that others took advantage of the warmup to at least get outside (way to go Joyce and Ernie!) if not to fish. Hopefully others of y’all were able to do the same. All is somewhat moot as I write this with 3 inches of snow on the ground on that once-greening yard. But because my daffodils have bloomed along with the Bradford Pears on the road to our house, I know that spring (and better fishing) will soon be here permanently.
With the warmup comes opportunities to do things for others outdoors. If you haven’t gathered by now, I have a thing about pushing opportunities for volunteering in the outdoors, whether in the Park, associated with TU, or some cause. I find this volunteering for outdoor activities reviving, particularly now after a somewhat lengthy cold spell. I have highlighted several opportunities below and Richard Barnes will be adding more. I hope you can take some time, get out and be revived by one or more of these projects.
Tight Lines!
Steve Young
