I called Libby Camps to talk about my October plans for guiding there and learned that they were selected "Orvis Fly Fishing Lodge of the year" for 2006 at the Orvis Rendezvous on April 4th, in Warm Springs Virginia . The Libby Family and crew were honored with the distinction. The award is given to the most outstanding lodge of all of the Orvis lodges in North America. I am proud to be working with such great folks and am pleased to see them recognized for their outstanding operation. Congratulations Matt and Ellen and Matt Jr.
The snow storm last week left us with over a foot of new snow. In April you would assume that the strong spring sun and warm daytime temperatures would make short work of turning it into melt water. Not this April, we have had pretty cool days and nights well below freezing so we still have more than half of last weeks snowfall on the ground. The dirt road in front of the house is under constant patrol all day by a flock of robins searching for a worm unlucky enough to surface.
Just when we were all making plans for spring, had put away the winter boots and were watching the ice go. We get another dose of winter. When I got up- this morning we had around 10 inches of snow on the ground and it was snowing so hard that one of the dogs would not go out. Now a few hours later we have well over a foot of new snow on the ground and it is still snowing. So much for winter being over! At least it is not terribly cold the temperature has remained around 30 for several days and it is still there.
