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I’m excited. I’ve got lots of plans in the coming weeks to get outdoors and do stuff. Despite the foot of snow about to be dumped on the north burbs I’ve got plans to go skiing, fishing, backpacking, and all sorts of other outdoor adventures.

This weekend I’m off to Devils Head for the second time this year. 2 days of skiing is just what I need to warm me up. Devils Head isn’t great skiing. After visiting several mountains out west, I don’t even think I’d call it good skiing, but its skiing. 3 hours from Chicago, and its just the ticket. A chance to hone my skills, and scratch the skiing itch.

After that it looks like a good bet for some steelhead fishing in the lake Michigan Tribs. Steelheading heats up in the Spring as the monster fish make their ways into the streams and rivers that feed the big lake. Good fishing can be had within half an hour of my house. I plan to take advantage often.

The steelhead season will kick off the start to what is promising to be a really good year for Wisconsin Trout Fishing. Reports from the northland say that the water tables look good for consistent flows throughout the spring and summer. That means consistent fishing, and you can believe that come opening day I’ll be out there fly rod and pheasant tail in hand looking to land a lunker (though more likely I’ll land a 6″ brookie). I’m also planning a long weekend in May to tempt brookies and browns with my best caddis imitation.

My planning dinner this weekend was a success. I’ve got a trip to Garden of the Gods planned for April, and a big one coming up in September to Colorado. Garden of the Gods is great. Its not going to offer the bang that a trip to California, Alaska, of Colorado would, but its a pretty area, and its fairly easy to find some space down there. If nothing else its a good warm up to the rest of the season. I’m checking water sources beforehand this time though, because a previous trip came with a near water disaster.

How are you kicking the winter blues this spring?