the GREEN season

yeah, they call it "green", but lets face it, we know it's just a marketing ploy to avoid using the word RAIN!  yes, rain is the ruin of many a fly fisherman's plans.  it's not the rain itself, because we all know that fishing in a light rain can actually enhance the bite at times.  no, it's more what the rain creates; runoff.  runoff muddies up the water and runoff also brings all the agricultural chemicals home to roost; or kill.  it's really a bummer, but the fact is that this beautiful country is emersed in chemicals; a way of life for most ticos.  beautiful rivers are laid barren from  the poisons.  now you know why that river you tried produced nada!

of course there are clean waters, and the higher up you get, or the farther from this contamination you can run, the better your day may be.  and as we get closer to the end of GREEN season, it's time to start dreaming of
new adventure.