Here are Jim Fowler and Bill Dunkelberg  on the Bonaventure River on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, each with beautiful fall fish taken on very small flies, then quickly released.  

With a heavy heart, I report the passing of one of the great Master Maine Guides I’ve known in my career.  David Sockabasin, son of Lola Sockabasin died last night at home surrounded by loved ones after having spent four months in hospitals and rehab facilities fighting complications from diabetes.  He leaves behind his wife, Gloria, of 56 years and a very large, loving family.

Here he is, on the job…photo courtesy of Lucy, Dave’s niece.

This is the campus of Ames Free Library in Easton, MA where I’ve spoken three times and have also been Author-in-Residence.  It’s a wonderful asset to the whole region with a great variety of free programs open to the public, year round.  On a Saturday in April, we had a nice turn out for some fly casting instruction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3CYXX_33gs

This specimen (an Atlantic Salmon) was briefly lifted out of the gin-clear waters of the Bonaventure River in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, Ca.  It marked, for me, the close of a very full season of guiding back in Maine.   The moment was memorable, thanks to the company of some great fishing friends, and to those brothers of mine from different mothers, the Bonaventure guides.  I won’t say this is as happy as a man can get, but it’s in the ballpark.

Here are Dakota, Tennyson, and Ann (Jo-Ann Moody-the trainer’s springer), cooling down after a workout in the woods.

http://outthere.bangordailynews.com/2015/08/10/fishing/local-author-wins-national-award/

I was hosted last week by Star Valley Trout Ranch, Idaho, and Teton Springs, Idaho.  My trio played a concert in each venue, then I took a drift boat, fly fishing trip down 13 miles of the renowned South Fork.  The catches and the scenery were spectacular, and so was my guide, Josh Jablow.  If you’re planning a trip to the Snake River, I can recommend him to you.  Here are just a few of the amazing fish, the likes of which you’ll find on the South Fork.  They are rainbow and cutthroat trout, as well as the occasional brown.