Almost Time to Start Tying Flies for Next Year

The pond is get a little more ice every night. I figure a few more weeks and we'll be done for the year. I have NO motivation whatsoever to ice fish. I like beer, I just don't like it so much that I can drink a case of it while shivering over a hole in the ice.

My buddy and a friend of his came up this past weekend to fish. Apparently my theory that the turnover was done and the fish are bulking up for the winter is true. They each caught a few fish, one of which, a rainbow, tipped the scales at 4.5 pounds. Yes, I said 4.5 POUNDS. Once I get this job situation under control I've GOT to get out there and catch a few...