Editorial ☀ CARPPRO ✍ 2013
’m in the middle of a serious ice/ snow storm here in South Dakota, complete with downed power lines and people with real problems. You would think that would give me pause before bitching about something as inconsequential as my ever-shortening carp season. Well… you would until you got to know me better. It’s been a rough winter here and approaching the beginning of the season is like approaching a blackhole; the closer I get the more time seems to slow down.
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So I’m iced in, bored and can’t think about much other than getting on the water. My boxes are full so I can’t even bring myself to tie flies. It got so bad that earlier I was looking back through my instagram pictures and I stumbled upon one that’s labeled “winter induced fly tying.” It’s from 20 weeks ago. 20 WEEKS! It’s been a long winter but it will end; Hell, it has most places. Many CarpPro ProStaffers are already getting productive time on the water.
Trevor Tanner has managed some fish despite tough conditions and limited fishing time this spring. Adam Hope is just CRUSHING fish in Pennsylvania and Mark Erdosy is finding them too, despite putting in more time after toothier critters early on (read he is jonesing for a musky). John Montana has been putting up epic numbers in the Pacific Northwest (no I will NOT get more specific about his location... I value my life too much) and all our pros on the bait side in Texas and California are into fish. The rest of us will just have to wait. Luckily, patience is the only discernible virtue with which fisherman are credited. I’ve handled the winter months in the usual way. I’ve vacillated between being happy for the break; having time to tie and write… oh and be a present boyfriend, and being despondent about my lack of fishing time and the length of time until spring. A trip to warmer weather to fish and having all the usual fishing