If you are just starting, ice fishing bluegill can seem technical and even overly complicated
If you love technical fishing with small flies, the soft flex will protect 6X and even 7X tippet while absorbing strong runs from beefy fish
If its not, you can often go up or down a crochet hook size or two without much impact
In Regards to Physics: when water is going through its phase change from solid ice to liquid, the physical conversion process acts as a sort of thermal sponge and uses any imbalance of temperature to suck up that heat, and use it to melt the ice rather than increase the temperature
The people youre with, the energy youre around and the way you catch the fish can create an everlasting memory It was mid-July, four years ago, one of those hot summer days that even being out on the water offered no relief from the scorching heat