Monday; Fishing & Flies Fished the Lower Niagara River with no success. After though, went home and tied half up a couple flies. - Tuesday; Blood Moon Eclipse No fishing. Tied up some more flies, leaning towards Steelhead now. Realized that my arsenal of flies for targeting Steelhead was low. - That evening I played a short set at the open mic hosted by The Buffalo Wings and Brewhouse on Oliver Street in North Tonawanda. Highly recommend it there! - My set list was as follows

Recouping from the fishing show was a majority of Monday and Tuesday. - A few updates to the website! ALL NEW STICKERS have been put in the shop! Along with a few flies as well as a new logo t-shirt. - Tuesday; Fished for a little while. Also, worked on multiple pieces of art. They will be on display at my booth at the Fly Fisher’s Workshop on March 7th! - Wednesday; Took a drive to Fort Niagara to get a new perspective. - Thursday; Went for a drive around the system, the Low

The best year for JD Outdoors Co by far! Multiple successful in classroom seminars as well as multiple presentations on the fish tank! This year my two topics were “Finesse Body Baits for Bass” and “Minimalist Multi-species Fishing” Huge thank you to everyone who attended and stopped by the booth. We will see you there again next year! Until then… look forward to the next two shows I will be at. Fly Fishers Workshop Saturday, March 7th 2026 Rochester, NY 9:30am-5:30pm The Jew