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Here is an excerpt from the book:

If you are fishing near a smelt run and targeting predatory fish, streamer selection is a matter of choosing your favorite smelt imitation. There are a myriad of smelt-imitation patterns. Some of the old standbys are as much a part of the history of the great North Woods as are their tiers, like Carrie Stevens, and the “sports” who came by train from Boston and New York – well-dressed fly-fishing men and women who are now immortalized in black and white pictures standing behind stringers of huge dead trout and salmon. Many of the classic streamer patterns still work, at least once in a while, and we have many new creations to choose from every year.

Now, on with the late March report:

Early March featured some of the coldest nights of the year before Spring arrived for the second half of the month. At least seven days reached highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Lindsey and I were up at Kennebago Lake for four days without a cloud in the sky and temps rising into the 50s.

                                                   Winter views from camp

                            It is still winter at Kennebago Lake in late March.

                          The warmer weather starting to open up Norton Brook

While Kennebago still had lots of thick ice and snow, as I write this from Dundee Pond in Windham all of the snow is gone and a good foot of ice one week ago is almost out on the pond. It is amazing how fast the ice melted.

               Ice going out during warm spell, its cold temperature creating local fog

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With the change in weather, birds and animals are quite active. At Kennebago Lake, a bobcat walked right past our camp one night vocalizing quite loudly. Our pet pair of Canadian Jays peered at us through the window every morning looking for their handouts.

                               My pet Canadian Jay

In Windham, migrating waterfowl arrived in force – various Merganser species, wood ducks, and Canadian geese, just to name a few.  A flock of turkeys is wandering around our yard. A pair of muskrats now swim back and forth, and the bald eagle has been giving us a fly-by everyday.

Turkeys walked across the melting ice to my yard to feed on my fallowed raised beds

With the warmer weather, I was even able to plant my early veggies (under plastic) and they were nicely sprouted by the last week of March, led by the turnips (from seeds I hand harvested last fall).

My spinach, radishes, lettuce, and turnips sprouted quickly under plastic

I will post another update soon. Things change in a hurry this time of year.