It always amuses me when people wish me "happy new year" ,and although I always return the wish, I tend not to look for change in the coming year (things rarely turn out as you would wish anyway) but instead view each day as a potential new beginning. A day when you learn nothing new is a day wasted for me. I'm building a new kitchen from scratch at the moment, raw materials to finished product, never done it that way before but it's the sort of challenge and a learning process that I love, much like fishing, a day fishing when you learn nothing is a lesser day for me. I woke up a couple of weeks ago and tore out the fireplace on no more than a whim, built a new one in two days, immense satisfaction in completing a project, especially one you've never tackled before.
Some new fly patterns are forming in my mind, based on past experiences, and I will spend time at the vice when time allows, and I may build a new rod this year, something I haven't done for 25 years. I may even finish the reel I started turning on the lathe but put on the back burner when I found other more urgent tasks to complete.
