Congrats on what sounds like a very nice fish!! I finally got out for a bit last week. Got a few hours in on Wednesday but got knocked off the water Thursday by wind and snow. Thank you Mother Nature, may I have another? LOl I did have one shot at a low 30's fish. Ended up getting a case of "Buck Fever" and pulled the fly away from the fish, not once, but TWICE on the same figure 8!! On the second strike, the fly was basically completely in its mouth and I still managed to pull it away. As usual, the first 3 or 4 chances I get every year, I screw up one way or another. I'm hoping that one counts as two and I have another shot soon to put one in the net.

Next trip looks to be chasing Tigers in a couple weeks.

Forgot to mention, water temps for me were close to what you are seeing up there Red. Started around 44 and surface temps got to near 46 late afternoon. I'm hoping we start to see those temps climb pretty good over the next couple of weeks.