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Chris is working at Maine Outdoors as an intern this summer. Most of you will not have a chance to meet him but here is his perspective on what he has done so far this summer.

Inquiries and reservations are coming steadily for the coming season, lots of repeats, actually almost trips with old friends. A good number of new clients as well who frequently want to understand what a guide offers them that simply renting some equipment and going outdoors does not. I have a short piece on Maine Outdoors titled Why Hire a Guide that explains some of the reasons.

As the Executive Director for the Maine Professional Guides Association I spend my winters going to meetings of one sort or another. This Friday I will be at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s annual Sportsmen’s Congress on two different panels one on deer and one on fishing. I have attended most of the Congresses over the years and always learn something new or useful. This year we have been asked to produce a list of three wishes and three roadblocks.