Lucky enough the sun was out for 3/4 of the day so outside work is done for the year. It was windy as heck though and it cut through you good.  Got a bref squall at 1800 ground is covered, with grass poking through

I drove through heavy wet snow from Pulaski to Sodus on Friday, and then "Christmas" fished in the Sodus area for an hour or so before using some available shelter to remove my waders.  Very slow on the Salmon River, I am beginning to think DSR has installed a fence, or the run is poor this year, large fish but in very low numbers.  It is past the "two weeks late" point, fished three and a half days for one pull, and 2B got one fish, didn't even see another fish hooked, went low high and in the middle.  Very discouraging.  Those of you too busy to go are not missing anything unless you were planning to go to the kingdom.

The river keeps changing, and we keep getting older.  You might be surprised at how little skill we still have especially using the RIO heads and swinging.  But even the pinners are doing next to nothing with eggs.

That is depressing news, Lucky. I'm with RG, if you two aren't, then I ain't.   I was going to ask about down in the column, but you answered my question. Like I said, I played with a few, but that was nowhere near the days of yore.  You might have saved me a bunch of gas and  bed money.  I can 
waste time on empty water in my backyard. 

26 degrees this morning. Bright sunshine with a light South wind.
I don't know about wasting time and money, there are lots of worse ways to do that.
It's strange how 1 guy can post and boast 30 hook ups on steelhead a week ago in altmar and 3 days later the lots are full of cars. Hype, probably. I take stuff like that with a grain of salt.
Posts like L-13 seem realistic and I try to split things to figure the difference.
To me it may be how the person is fishing, example, you guys are swinging and not dredging. Something in between might be the difference. Pink worm or peaking nymph time ?
Anyway, getting out hunting or fishing is never really a waste of time no matter the results.
I spent over $200 in preparation to sleep in a 6X10 box on our property. Put in 14 hrs in 1 tree with nothing to show. Today I did the death march to sit in another spot .
The deer are NOT moving at all during the day , the rut is not on yet .
Shoulda kept my big mouth shut and not count my chickens before they hit the basket. Tough going and lots of time spent staring at trees.
I will be leaving today and return to the box on Wednesday until the following Monday

PS:
From January- April, tailwater is $105 a night sunday- Thursday. I'll be wasting some time there and at least it will be nice and comfy.

40 hrs hunting woods in 5 days so far. Not counting the prior scouting.
I'm a predator and yes it's gets frustrating but I know, it only takes 1 .these are on our cameras and in our woods. No place I'd rather be right now.

Weather looks terrible up there starting tomorrow night. Snow and lots of it.

Me neither. Things like that and this are on a budget with help from friends. Nothing much today comes without another $20. So whats 1 more.
If fishing or hunting are my vacations with friends and family , I'll take it.
I can't afford to get on a jet airplane

The LE event did not amount to much. Covered the ground and not much else. Coldest air of the season tonight, glad the fire is going. A few more days till vacation and hopefully some fishing

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I have 7"+ on the ground in the mid Hudson Valley.  The revised forecast is saying 12" possible.   

I got over a foot of snow/rain/snow.  What was light and powdery last night is now water logged and heavy.  

16 inches of heavy wet snow here. Roads were a mess.
 

Good luck to all the southern zone gun hunters tomorrow.
My xbow took it's final shot for season in a target as usual.

If it had just been me, I could have stayed longer, but 2B had to get to work today (I do to, but as a volunteer, I can call in if I am stuck somewhere).  By PM yesterday, I figure the lots were plowed out, and I had some food and pop so I could have survived at the lodge tying flies for 1/2 day.  What I avoided was having to drive through it on the way home, and about 80 of the 110 miles were in that 16" snow belt Cliff experienced. 
 
Good luck with the goats!

It's going there folks. Stay warm and fat from the feast ahead. Stoke the fire.
Teens tonight, singles at my mountain.
Sub zero tomorrow night, I'll be there first light.
Yup, after this weekend it's time to start the 2018-19 ice thread.
I passed some locked places in this past week.