The last couple of weeks have been filled with a variety of trips and I have been on the water quite a bit. Here is an update on the current conditions as I see them. Water levels in the Saint George are at about normal for summer.

My fall is filled with upland hunting for grouse and woodcock using my dogs to find and retrieve the birds. The dogs are a key part of the experience and my team not to mention my everyday life. Sadly dogs do not live as long as we do and one of mine died this weekend. Mae the flying pointer succumbed to age and the heat Friday evening.

After three days guiding on the saltwater and feeling my way around in the thick fog I was ready for a couple of quiet hours fishing on freshwater. The surface of the pond was  smooth when I launched the boat and the promised rain showers not too far to the west. I could see fish here and there splashing on the surface but without any real pattern to the feeding.