April is a Difficult Month

The month of April is a difficult month for an addicted anadromous fisher landlocked in the state of Idaho.  Most days are spent reminiscing about the past steelhead season and excitedly checking dam passage counts daily in the hopes that Spring Chinook will soon be here. 

This is the time of year when the fly gear goes into storage and is traded for heavy bait casting gear.  I continually have dreams in which i witness a plug rod explode in the holder as a pissed off hell bent springer tries to take me, my gear, and my boat back down to the Columbia.  I also find myself constantly looking ever so longingly into the bait freezer at the perfectly cured eggs waiting patiently to be cut into golf ball size clusters and force fed to mint bright Chinook.  Bring on springers cause I'm going nuts!!!!!

Pictures like this keeps my hopes up during time like these.