When folks think about quarter horses, the first thing that may come to mind is a backyard family pet or some old trail horse they used to ride around the state park or on the family farm. At the other end of the spectrum are those horse enthusiasts who are engaged in the upper echelons of the quarter horse world where the competition is intense, the cost of the horses is extraordinary, and the prize money can be amazing. Make no mistake about the high end of the horse business: it is big business.
Well, it looks like we received our once annual snowfall for the Parker/ Tarrant/Wise county area a couple of weeks ago. Even though it takes an average of 10 inches of snowfall to equal one inch of rain, the amount of moisture added to the soil from our 2-3 inches of snow plus sleet and rain was appreciated. If you had not realized it, our soils had gotten fairly dry. We had not received any sizeable amount of precipitation since last October.
“Roses are red, violets are blue, I was beaten with clubs, beheaded, buried under cover of darkness, disinterred by my followers, and you commemorate my martyrdom by sending each other chocolates.” A couple of my friends
In the recent past, I spent a considerable amount of time in Covid-19 lockdown. Our government officials told everyone to stay home and since I have several risk factors which make me more susceptible to the illness, I did exactly that.
Winter has arrived and we are seeing some of the lowest water temperatures to date. In other words we are in the dead of winter and fishing patterns need to be adjusted for this cold water. The good news for anglers is that this is prime time for catching big fish.
