The thermostat read 78 degrees; we checked the water, it read 58 degrees. I'd already removed most of my layers and was regretting the choice of waders. The air felt heavy and wet. 

It was the second day in April.

We'd made a choice to escape early and head into the wild in search of small trouts and no people, little did we know that this may be a necessity already. 
My wrist watch read 3:30, and the water was getting dangerously close to being too warm.

It was the second day in April. 

The warm smell of honeysuckle, pine, and decaying bark filled the air, only every so often could you smell the crisp, clean smell of wild water. The sun was high and bright, not a cloud in the sky, and the richest blue you've ever seen. We took turns crouching in the little shade the laurels provided. It felt like the dead of summer.  

If we're lucky, we may get another month of trout fishing if the weather continues the way it has been. 
I'm hoping for a long, wet spring. Today is dark and gray, rain falling and I feel hopeful. 

I've already set my sights on bass bugs and a six weight, just in case.