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The weather has gone from unbearably hot to the most pleasant cool summer days anyone could ask for. The sandpipers have started to gather for their migration on the local mud flats. Over the next few weeks an amazing number of shore birds will gather on the local flats. Sometimes the entire flat is covered with them all feeding to fatten up for the coming migration. Last week I noticed flocks of cormorants and geese headed south as well. The young terns have also come into the river with their parents eagerly learning how to fish.

The weather yesterday was cool and clear with a light northwest wind; it had the look and feel of September. Reminding me that it won't be long until the kids are back in school and the best time of year to be in Maine begins. In fact the fields have started to get the golden color of late summer. Many of the flowers that I use to mark the season have begun to appear along the riverbanks. Unusual flowers like Cardinal flower and Arrowhead, although with all of the rain at the end of last week they have been temporarily submerged.

One thing that I have always appreciated about my life as a guide is the fact that each day is different. The clients are different having unique interests and skill levels, the trips are different and the weather is always a wild card. This week I spent a most enjoyable day bass fishing on one of my favorite local ponds. It is always a pleasure to work out of the strip built grand lake canoe. I like to think of it as a piece of fine furniture and it moves nicely when I put my paddle in the water. The morning was almost perfectly still, with a loon watching us fish along the shore.