I swore after last year this wouldn't happen again. But, I missed fishing the month of May again. Work travel, conferences, baby / kids / family commitments, soccer weekends, garden, yard work and flooded rivers all led to missing my favorite month of the year....for the seconds year in a row. It was bad.
Fortunately, we made up for it strong start in June when river levels dropped and I hit 3 of my favorite waters in a couple weeks fishing. I got the drake bug and Mike and I pulled off an incredibly nonsensical out and back trip to Penns for the evening hatch that resulted in a 1030 pm river submersion, busted knee and 2:30 am drive home. Bugs, rising trout and bent rods helped make up for missing May. But, I promise it won't happen next year.