Bliži se kraj lovostaja. Sigurno je da zima nije gotova i da štošta još može da priredi, ali bar u vreme kad su dani blagi, može se izaći do neke pastrmske vode i malo oprobati. Uvek sam bio iznenađen i obradovan na svakom otvaranju sezone bilo kakvom ulovljenom pastrmkom, koliko god je bila mala. Taj „upis“ u sezonu imao je jak simbolični značaj i hranio je moja očekivanja od nje.

The end of closed season is approaching. WInter is certainly not over, yet and it can still make a plenty of challenges. Albeit, on mild days one can go out to trout stream and make an attempt. I have always been surprised and cheered on each season opening with any trout caught, inasmuch small it was. That „signing in“ into the season had a strong symbolics and fed my expectations from it.

Posle januarskih snegova, i februar je dodao vodu rekama, dodavši i sneg na visokim planinama. I kiše koje padaju nešto niže šuma usvaja i postepeno će otpuštati u izvorišne delove pastrmskih reka. To je odlično, jer će bar neko vreme po prestanku lovostaja pastrmske reke imati vode i moći će da se lovi na njima.

After snowfalls in January, February also added water to streams by adding the snow in mountains. Rains at lower altitudes also add water that forest absorbs, to release it gradually into the headwaters of trout streams. That is excellent, because at least a while after the close season trout streams will have enough water for fishing.

Početak sezone podstakao me je da počnem pravljenje još jednog mušičarskog štapa. Cele zime nisam pravio štapove zbog društvenih porodičnih zbivanja i pripreme knjige eseja koja će verovatno biti objavljena do kraja februara. Pored toga, početak godine bio je vrlo hladan i moj radni prostor nije bio ugodan za rad. U stvari, dva štapa su već urađena i nije bilo naročite potrebe da se napravi još, nego sam se ja osetio pomalo čudno što ih ne pravim toliko dugo. Samo zbog vežbanja, odlučio sam da napravim još jedan štap na platformi umereno brzog blanka tokom dovoljno toplih i dugih dana tokom kojih mogu da do kraja uradim celu fazu samogradnje.

The onset of season pushed me to start crafting one more fly fishing rod. Whole winter I paused crafting, owing to family social events and preparing the book of essays that is likely going to be published till the end of February. In addition, the beginning of year was very cold and my working room was not pleasant for crafting. Actually, there are two rods already crafted and there was no such need to make more of them yet, but I felt a bit strange not making them such a long time. Just for a practicing, I decided to make another on the moderately fast blank’s platform on days warm and long enough to make me finish the whole phase of crafting.