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Miracle March For Northern California?
for those concerned about the "D" word forget it.  The shack has received 15 in. of rain and about 10 in. of snow and it's pouring rain now

March Takes Shasta Lake To 93% Of Normal
The high-pressure ridge that kept California dry for most of the winter shifted east this month, enabling many areas to achieve above-normal precipitation for the month, according to National Weather Service gauges. 

Latest Snowpack Readings – 51% Of Normal Statewide
Percent of normal for March 30:
39% Southern Sierra, 48% Central Sierra, 68% Northern Sierra

Drought Outlook From March 15

Early Start (Catskills, NY)
This year there are people here fishing far earlier than ever before so their perception is that things are accelerated.

Sign Of The Times (Au Sable, MI)

A Little Excited About Spring? – 7 Hatches At Once (Penns, PA)
Penns is in great shape!!! Bugs are hatching and fish are rising a lot! Blue Wing Olives, Blue quills, light hendricksons, quill gordons, red quills, little brown stones and Early black stones. Hold on to your hats people, it is gonna be another crazy year! Everything is early so far and I think we will see the grannoms really soon!! Lets stay in touch!

Not So Fast (Catskills, NY)
Last night air temps went down to 17 degrees.

Old-Timer Wisdom (Catskills, NY)
Old timers say that the Hendricksons are about when the Forsythia blooms.  Well, the forsythia is blooming!!  [and] those bugs were most definitely Hendricksons-no doubt at all.

Good Fallback Hatch (Au Sable, MI)
We've seen some Hendricksons.  We really have.  But the cold has stalled these spring mayflies, and left us to fish blanket hatches of the often overlooked early season olives.

Hendricksons: Why I Love Thee (Au Sable, MI)
I’m not sure that I get as excited about any hatch as I do the Hendrickson. That’s probably true of all dry fly anglers...  When it happens, so many cool things collide. First you have the itch to simply get out and go fishing. If for no other reason than to blow the winter stink off. Then the water temperature get to that magic 55 degree mark where Hendricksons hatch and the trout’s metabolism kicks into full eat mode for the first time since last fall. Factor in that the fish haven’t been pressured yet and you’ve got the makings for a spectacular casserole of fishing fun.

No Nostradamus (Au Sable, MI)
I can't say for certain when the bugs are going to "blow up."  Certainly it won't be long, and for all I know, it'll be tomorrow.

To Be Clear (Bighorn, MT)
Spring nymphing and dry fly fishing is in full swing.

To Be Brief (Yakima, WA)
Like a broken record, but better!

Shad Festival – for lunker browns (White, AR)
more shad began coming through the dam today on a full 8 units of water.  Good feeding for our trout to grow big on.

Made Of Leather (Truckee, CA)
The winds though have been a bummer. My hands and face feel like an old saddle.

Thanks for reading.