The Maine Professional Guides Association Annual Banquet is always a great time to catch up with friends and given the nature of what we do might be the only time all year that I will see them. We had good weather this year which makes it possible for folks from the far reaches of the state to attend.
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.
As the Executive Director of the Maine Professional Guides Association I once in a while have some great opportunities like judging moose calling events or going along on a research visit to a bear den in northern Maine.
