On 16-Jan-2008, "rb608" wrote:

I'll be staying on a fairly decent pond for wild
smallmouth (& stocked brookies).

I've probably asked this before; but I have a short memory, so I'll start
over. I'm okay at reading streams and moving water; but I suck at flat
water. Hell, that's probably the main reason I gave up bass fishing. I
don't have a clue about where to fish, when to fish, or how to fish a
still
body of water.

The first thing I always look for is a coool inlet if there is one
as July can be quite hot
Is there a creek opr stream feeding the pond?
Right there is where i wiould fish

Evenings dry flies

If it is very hot weather go deeper otherwise a streamer stripped correctly
is what I would do
and I wiould not fish w the sun out and bright wait for clouds or rain or
eves pr early mornings
Nothing bites at 100 degresss
My 2 cents

I have fished a LOT opf maine ponds

Fred