Top 15 Things To Do Outdoors While Avoiding Coronavirus

With all of the Coronavirus cases and concerns, I feel like we need some things to take our minds off the worries and bad news.  With this in mind, I have compiled a list of things to do that might give your mind a nice break and your heart a chance to appreciate some of the good things that we have in life that cannot be touched by this disease.  I wrote some of these in a light-hearted mood, but others are actually good options to just staying indoors.  They will also keep you away from larger groups and lessen the chance of disease transmission.

15. Start a fishing journal, or a blog for that matter.
14. Check your backing to fly line knots.  I lost all of my fly line a couple of years ago when a wiper broke me off at the backing...not the leader.
13. Tie some flies, learn to tie flies, or learn to tie a new fly.
12. Buy some flies from my Etsy store so we BOTH have something to do- shameless plug.
11. Fish a fly you have never fished before.
10. Read a book about fishing.

9. Write a book about fishing.

8. Take a kid fishing.

7. Watch A River Runs Through It.

6.Clean your fishing rods and reels.  You know they need it!

5. Assemble a tackle or fly box for a fishing newbie.

4. Organize your tackle.  Again, you know it needs to be!

3. Practice casting.  Maybe even have a little competition in the back hard with some hula hoops.

2. Start an Instagram account if you don't already have one.  There are some really cool fishing pictures and good fly ideas out there.

1. Go fishing of course- hit a trout park, fish a farm pond, hit a local lake...just get out there!  Last I checked, bluegill, largemouth, smallies, and trout hadn't tested positive for Coronavirus!

Other Outdoors-Related Activities to Consider

Scout turkeys for the upcoming turkey season.

Go looking for morel mushrooms on a sunny, warm day after a rain.

Go shed hunting- they are still dropping from what I hear.

Explore new hiking trails.

Go camping...way out in the sticks...far away from everyone.

Learn how to make homemade toilet paper and hand sanitizer.  Kind of kidding, kind of not.