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Many states have trout-stocking programs that keep fishermen flocking to the water in the spring, but native brook trout are an option in some areas. (AP File Photo/Elise Amendola) Many states have trout-stocking programs that keep fishermen flocking to the water in the spring, but native brook trout are an option in some areas. (AP File Photo/Elise Amendola)

By Larry Case March 22, 2026 4 min read

Well folks, we may have actually made it. I write this to you on the first day of spring, and hallelujah, we may actually be there. To spring, that is.

After coming through the recent ice age a few weeks ago, we had a few days of warmer weather, and then it snowed, and then it snowed again. I wondered if maybe the groundhog was flexing his weather-predicting muscles, as if we weren’t taking his position seriously.

Anyway, I thought this week would be a good time for “Guns & Cornbread” to feature another edition of “Letters to the Outdoors Writer” — this one with readers’ notes related to all things spring. It is, of course, a grand time of year, and I know you brothers and sisters in camo have some questions for me.

So here goes.