With March just a day away and moving the clocks ahead an hour just a week away, all the signs of winter ending, and spring beginning are popping up.
For the angler who frequents the rivers and lakes of the Mount Washington Valley, these are welcome signs, because cabin fever has set in and is not a welcome ailment.
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