Around here, between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains of Eastern Washington and North Idaho, it's getting ready to ice up and freeze over. I wish to say that I hate this time of year but in reality it adds, in the long run, to the quality of fishing come Spring Time Ice-Out. I'm going, again, to try and survive the long winter season of inactivity. And, I'm going to look forward as hard as I can to the upcoming "BIG THAW" of Spring. I would love to hear how the rest of us survive the "Off Season" of our favorite and passionate avocation. I'm sure I'll be able to survive the off time, but for now I don't know how. Help where you can, if you can. Thanks.