Bill Blake was up from Texas and he wanted to treat his future brother in-law to some fishing, so he called me on a favor. We had  a great time, we landed 23 in three hours, mostly on flies. I gave Rob some casting lessons and he was able to catch his first fish on a fly. It was by far the coldest, wet ride back to the boat launch I have ever had.

Rob’s first fish on a fly

I guided George and his dad John from Louisiana. They wanted a lot of action so crappie was my choice but the water was higher and muddy plus Alewives were every where. They did manage a few fish and we had some laughs. It was great to have a couple of guys out who really appreciate the environment around them.

I spent the weekend guiding Alec, Ed, and Frank. They did really well for high winds, fluctuating water and a hook in the hand.

Changing Planes
by Kathy Scott

I must admit, I tend to be drawn more towards books based in fiction, however, as I started reading Kathy Scott’s CHANGING PLANES, I was pleasantly surprised.

Even though this book is about Kathy building her first bamboo fly rod, I think it is much more than that. I found it to be about the basics of life and how we really need to enjoy and appreciate the every day routines that we find ourselves in.

Kathy’s writing draws you into her daily routine. Each night I looked forward to seeing what she and David and the dogs would be up to. Her writing made her every day routine fun. I found myself on her nightly walks around the pond. You could almost hear the frogs on the pond as she and her dogs explored each cove. I could even feel the pain of her tragedy in one section.

I met Kathy and David several years ago at a TU meeting and they were some of the nicest people I had every met. It was right when her fist book came out, Moose in the Water. After reading this book, I am going to go dig out her fist one, now that I know what I missed.

This a great read and an easy one. I highly recommend you pick one up. You can pick one up here:  Alder Creek Publishing

Kevin McKay

This has been a great week, I had the pleasure of teaching two new guys to fly fish. These are picture of Lou with a couple of fish he caught on the fly. We spent over three hours casting and land crappie. We worked on casting techniques and ways to set and land fish.

This graph show how many Atlantic Salmon have come into the Penobscot River this year and past counts. I will try to put a graph up weekly.

John hired me to teach him to fly fish. We went out for a half day. I spent time going over knots, rods, fly, two types of cast and presentation. He picked it up pretty quick and will be throwing away all his spinning rods. He caught crappie after crappie and landed a few pickerel.