The past month was spent engraving scales of the Shorthead Redhorse. The block has been proofed, and I now have 3 fish blocks cut. Though a few ice houses remain on the lake, and I saw a pickup truck out there yesterday, winter is obviously releasing it’s grip. Open water is evident in places along the shoreline. Our maple trees have been tapped, and the first drops of sap are in the pail.
I have spent some time writing, mostly relating fishing experiences on the river last fall to those of my youth. Cheryl Miller and I have met with her friends in the National Fish and Wildlife Service and the Minnesota DNR. We also spent a morning looking at books with Patrick Coleman at the Minnesota Historical Society, and an afternoon with turtle expert John Moriarty, Natural Recourses Specialist for Ramsey County.
1,000 sheets of Zerkal paper have arrived from Germany. It is time to dust off the press and print some pelicans.