I recently read an article that talked about the purpose for being in business and it got me to thinking about why I do all of this. There is the fact that I really enjoy what I do. After more than a little thought, remember I am running a wood splitter a part of each day, I have decided that I am a guide because I want my clients to learn something amazing about the environment each time I am with them. I don’t know if I achieve that goal every time but I hear enough stories to make me think that I am at least on the right track.
I spent Friday fishing the upper Androscoggin River above Bethel with Dan Tarkinson of Fly Fishing in Maine. We fish together at least once a year and this year we decided to fish that stretch of river for trout. We had a beautiful day, cool but not to cool and perfectly clear. The fishing was very good we each had a number of both rainbow and brown trout during the day. Not to mention a number of trophy chubs that kept us alert.
Today was one of those cool fall days that serve as a reminder of what is coming. When I pushed the boat off of the trailer I could see the birds working on a school of stripers that had bait pushed to the surface. The wind was blowing harder than I like it to first thing in the morning and the sky was not crystal clear but you could tell that it would be not long after sun up. It was cool enough to have me wearing a couple of layers for warmth and my rain jacket to keep the wind off. The leaves are getting pretty far along with changing their colors even down on the coast.
