I’ve written about this before and it still puzzles me. On Monday I guided a husband and wife on a trout fishing trip. We waded in some of the small mid coast rivers fishing after the first rain in a while that had really raised water levels. I expected that the fishing would be slow but not lopsided. Both husband and wife were adequate fly casters and clearly had a pretty good understanding of where the fish should be.

I am frequently reminded of the variety of outdoor recreation that is available in Maine. Once in a while though I am struck by the variety offered in the region of the state that I call home. In the last week I have fished for native wild brook trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and stripers in the saltwater. Managed to catch a few of each except stripers that I would appear have not arrived yet.

An interesting spring to be sure. After a warm winter I expected that things would leap and we would be well ahead of normal. Well we are at the end of the third week of May and things are about normal. With the exception of the wind of for last several days the weather has been cool but comfortable with the advantage of keeping the black flies at bay.