This year has been different almost hot in March, low water in April and now cool and wet in May. The upside has been some of the 
best trout fishing I have experienced in many years. The Saint George River is still higher than I really like for comfortable wading. It did provide both brook and brown trout on my most recent trip there.
All of the locals will tell you that the time to trout fish is when the alder leaves are the size of a mouse’s ear. Yesterday when Argy and I were on our walk I .jpg)
noticed that very moment was here!
Saturday I launched the boat in Seven Tree Pond just like on many summer trips, hunting for the pike that I understand should be in the shallows in early spring. The water temperature was only 45 degrees and the air was not even that warm. With a fairly stiff north wind, conditions were less than ideal for casting a fly. Still I had a few free hours and some new rods to check out.
