Fishing the JMC Ozone semi automatic fly reel

Well, it wasn't as hot this afternoon as yesterday.  No balmy seventy one degrees.
But the weather was well above sixty degrees and the fishing was good.

I decided to fish some old soft baits I picked up on Ebay a few years ago.  I really don't like using
these "wax worms" when the weather is warmer because Bluegills inhale them.  It is difficult for
me to remove these worms from the digestive tracts of fish without killing the fish.

Fortunately, there were no BGs around this afternoon.  Both the Golden Shiner and the almost nine inch Crappie took my soft bait.  It is hard to believe that it is still winter.  The forecasts call for temperatures above fifty degrees for the next seven days.  A few Koi were spotted hiding among the boulders lining the far shore line of an island.

71 degrees Fahrenheit!

I decided to try fly fishing with a #12 articulated lech pattern this afternoon.  It is the dead of winter
here. There are no leaves on the trees.  With the exception of the air temperature, everything says it is
WINTER!

But the air temperature says it is 71F in Brooklyn.  That's right, seventy one degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon.  Normally, there is ice on the lake's surface and maybe a few inches of snow from the last winter storm.  However, so far, there has been less than five inches of snow in New York City this year.

A warm spell has been forecast for this week with temperatures staying above fifty degrees.  This is prime Crappie weather.  Cool weather and sunny days.