It strikes me strange to  be posting that it is May 21st. But today’s modestly warm afternoon weather definitely feels more like late May then past weeks. 68 degrees and mostly cloudy in Wells, NY.

Caught and tossed back in a pretty good sized brown trout out of the Sacandaga River, down by the Wells dam. Then despite getting many bites I kept losing them.

Black fly season. I’ve soaked my cowboy hat with DEET, which seems to be controlling the black flies fine. Also wearing long sleeves and in a relatively high location, away from swamps which is helping. Once dusk is over, black flies go to bed. Honestly there not as bad as I’ve seen them some years.