I want to start off by apologizing right off the top; I’m about to complain about the cold and I live in Alabama. I can hear some of our brothers and sisters to the north right now saying “You don’t know what real cold is.”
I’ll admit, I don’t. But I do know we invented cars, trains and planes long ago and I’d have hopped one the first time I ever realized mercury could go in a negative direction. Alabama gets as cold as I’m willing to bear and there have been times where I even load up and head further south to escape this weather.
But for many, heading further south isn’t an option. As we make it past the holiday season and really start to settle into the coldest few months of the year, cabin fever can become a pretty legitimate ailment. Some use hunting as their outlet until the waters are warm enough to fish in again. Some chase fish around on the ice but even those willing to do that are in a bit of limbo now as the ice isn’t quite thick enough to venture out onto yet in many places.
So, having had a small case of cabin fever myself recently, I decided to do a little casting practice in and around the house and shop and have found a few things to pass along if you’re looking for something to do yourself to combat the cold.