I had not been out a lot lately due to cold weather and the first session of the year ended in a blank.
The second session also seemed to go that way as I could not see any fish moving.
It was still early and a week of high temperatures was still not a guarantee that fish would be moving as
nature needed time to awaken.

This time I did catch a fish though, managed an out of season trout and boy it was a big one.
Since I was fishing for shiners the tippet was light so I had to take care to fight that trout
but it all worked out in the end.

Some of my friends where also out on the stream and noticed the same absence of fish.
With nothing going on in the water I opted for a pub session which was pleasant as usual.