Summer Time!!

Since the last post summer has come in to full swing. We haven't been able to post to much because of summer jobs and a general lack of time to go fishing. I did go on one trip to the Rangeley area which was awesome and we caught a bunch of nice wild brook trout up to 20 inches. Now we have started to focus on warm water species, mostly bass and pike which are an absolute blast to catch on a fly rod and hit flies like a fish should. Here are some pictures of the last month.

GLS

Now that turkey season is over for me I have gotten a little bit of time to do some fishing. Currently I am on Peaks Island for a kayaking class until the first so I cant do any freshwater. But I am getting the chance to do some salt water which is pretty cool. The water temp is 58 degrees currently in casco bay which is up 6 degrees from yesterday. Yesterday we kayaked for 4 hours all around peaks and little diamond and we didn't see any sign of fish any where. I think its still alittle early. I have heard reports of stripers up in the rivers chasing bait which is a good sign. Hopefully when I am back on land I get the oppurtutnity to get down to the portland area to try to catch a few. Last weekend I did get the chance to go on a quick trip to camp to put the water in and fish Grand Lake Stream with my dad. We timed it perfectly with a drop of 450 cfs. The fish were in teh river and they were hungry, I caught nine fish 6 salmon, two brrok trout and a bass. All the salmon were over 17 the biggest well over twenty. Stonefly and caddis nymphs did the trick with lots of weight to get them down deep.

Cast and Blast

Check out what we have been doing the last two days!! The bird had a 10 inch beard and inch long spurs, then below are two of a half dozen big brookies we caught thursday afternoon! Got to love Maines spring cast and blast!