I took a quick peek at the creek earlier in the week to check how much the ice had melted. Almost all of it was gone. The water level was still pretty low, but I had fished even lower levels in the past with some success. I went back a few days later with the flies I had tied during the winter for my first day of fishing for cherry trout in 2017.
Skunked.
Only one fish came to the surface for a parachute. It looked like a pretty nice fish, but I waited to long to set the hook, and he was long gone.
Looking forward to a little rain and a full season of cherry trout.