Sometime during April every year I am reminded of where it all started. No matter matter what other species I fish for during the course of the year or where I travel, it is always comforting to reconnect to my home waters where I caught my first fish on a dry fly many years ago. The season's first fish on a dry is a sure sign that spring is really here and that we have finally put the winter in the rear view mirror.

Dry fly fishing fascinates me, I enjoy the visual aspect, the skill required to make the right cast, and matching the fly to the actual bug life. Some of the prime hatches will be "on" over the next month and a half. I hope to be out there just about every chance I get. 

I will be presenting a program on Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead on Thursday evening April 21st at the monthly meeting of the Main Line Fly Tyers in Plymouth Meeting, PA. So if you live in eastern Pennsylvania stop by for an evening of discussing one of my favorite fish to pursue with a fly rod. The program looks at run timing, steelhead behavior, strategy, techniques, flies and some of the region's top rivers. The discussion on techniques focuses on my favorite approach to a steelhead river - swinging the fly, the use of switch and two-hand rods, and Spey casting.

The meeting begins at 7:00pm. Directions to the meeting can be found on the Main Line Fly Tyers website at - http://www.mainlineflytyers.net. I will have my latest book Advanced Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead available for purchase and signature.