Its still snowing

So its spring now. But as I write this the snow has been falling since the middle of the night and everything outside is cold and wet. But its not sticking and that a good sign. We've had some really warm days lately and as per usual spring we have had a lot of wind to go with it. But I have snuck in a few days of fishing. I got off work yesterday and had about an hour to kill before dinner so I grabbed the two older of my three children and we headed to the lake. Our lake is not actually part of the Republican river. But it is in the Republican River Valley and it feeds into the Republican within half a mile of the spillway. And since this is my blog, I can write about whatever I want.....
So I took the two older kids and we headed to the lake to find some bluegills. Natty my 5 year old is still a bit young to be flinging a fly rod around, so we tie a little bead head nymph to her "princess" fishing pole and put a small bobber about 8 inches above the fly. The gills can't resist it, and she landed 4 nice fish within about 20 min's. Kevin armed with his 5wt also managed to land a couple nice fish with a little rubber legged nymph. His casting has improved dramatically over the past few months and now that he is catching fish he's hooked on fly fishing. I spent most of that hour pulling hooks out of bluegill mouths, but I did get to catch a few (20+) on the EC Featherlight. Still loving that rod. And catching gills on it is a blast. Its going to be my #1 weapon of choice in the 2014 Bluegill Blitz coming up the first of May. The Blitz is a "Warm Water Fly Fishing" page contest on Facebook that I started this year. Page members are allowed to submit one picture to the page of the biggest bluegill/sunfish they can catch. Its "Bragging Rights" contest only, designed to bring out the best in spring fly fisherman. Noble Shit talk and virtual chest pounding and fun for all who are enrolled. I'm really looking forward to it. Last but not least here in Colorado its time to go buy your 2014-2015 Hunting and Fishing License. Then go find a small creek, or stream throw a line in and see what you can catch. And take a kid along. Remember they are the future of our water and fishing heritage. (by the way both pictures of these flies come from google images and are not my actual flies but both are very similar to the ones used in this outing)