Hardwater on the St. Joe River

Awoke to the patter of raindrops, "Oh, what the heck! I'm going anyway." Not realizing that the last week of rain and above freezing weather did little to thaw the frozen river. Not a fishable hole between the CDA Lake and Avery, and the road above there is closed 'til spring.

So here's a couple of eagle shots taken through the fog and rain. Sorry they were not any better... but what can you expect from an amateur.

As you can see, the river has plenty of ice and the water frozen as it falls from the culvert shows the power of extended periods of below freezing temps. This stretch of river is primarily whitewater and it freezes from the bottom up.

I guess I'll have to wait until the spring rain blows the ice out to try out those Mountain Whitefish flies I've been tying.. darn!