One thing that I have always appreciated in my life is the fact that each day is different. The clients are different, each having unique interests and skill levels, the trips are different and the weather is always a wild card. This week I spent a most enjoyable day bass fishing on one of my favorite ponds. It is always a pleasure to work out of the strip built grand lake canoe. I like to think of it as a piece of fine furniture and it moves very well when I put my paddle in the water. The morning was almost perfectly still with a loon watching us fish along the shore.
Fishing started out pretty slow partly because my client was a little rusty on his fly casting and partly because the fish were not feeding like they would later in the day. He caught and released many fish throughout the morning and we were having a pretty good day. I paddled us into one cove and it was obvious that there were bigger fish in among the lily pads actively feeding. We slowly worked our way in to the back of the cove where he hooked and lost what I am guessing to be the biggest fish. But on consequent casts caught the bass shown in these pictures. What great fun on a fly rod!
After lunch we fished for another couple of hours and caught many more smallmouth bass, they were really feeding actively. When I returned him to his hotel and began my trip home I ran in to an almost unbelievable thunderstorm. The wind blew and swirled and after that the rain came down in huge drops and literally ran down the road several inches deep. We lost our power for a few frustrating hours (I had a ton of work to get done at my computer) but the good news is that the hot and humid spell of the last several days is broken and we have been returned to a sparkling clear Maine summer. Cool in the evening and morning and pleasantly warm during the day.
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