Winter here means hitting the mill ponds for pickerel.The ponds rarely freeze so launch the canoe and throw deceivers or Clousers.Also catch some yellow perch or occasional bass if im lucky.
Dont count on bees to vacate in cold weather.I collected a nest one winter and I could hear frozen bees ratteling in it when shaken.I put in a room and sure enough when they warmed up they came crawling out.But thats the time to remove a nest.
They look better unpainted too Herb.I rebuilt 2 Fenwick glass rods,an ff 806 & 807 and both blanks were stripped of all paint and they just look and feel better.