Well it's getting that time of year. Birds are chirping, sun is shinning. All good little prospectors are getting the winter dust off themselfs and their equipment (new and old). Some of us are checking the river daily waiting for the ice to break. trips have been planned. Going to bed at night dreaming of the color in our pans to come from this season. This is one of my favorite times of year just because of the "it's almost here" waiting.