Originally Posted December 5, 2016

I never thought I'd be craving rain in December, let alone hoping to fish in it, but I am. I'm enjoying the way the rain hits your fingers and feels like hundreds of bees stinging you. Putting your hand in cold, running water while releasing a fish is glorious. Not having the sun there to warm you on 40 degree days is remarkable. Hanging up soaked waders in the evening and putting them on damp is sublime.

I sound crazy, I know.

But it's exciting because it's raining and hasn't been for so long.

So, here's to the rain and spending a day magnificently miserable.