4th of July weekend in the Adirondacks.

Fourth of July weekend, four days of fishing...  I headed back out to the Adirondack Mountains to do some fly fishing near the town of Wilmington about 12 miles east of Lake Placid.  On Saturday I met with a guide, John R., to help better familiarize me with the area and teach me some of the local fishing techniques as well s accelerate my learning curve in fly fishing.  We went out to a spot on the Ausable River and wet some lines.  We both caught a couple of nice Brown Trout.  The next morning I fished the same area with no luck then around lunch I went to the Wilmington Notch campground to get my site for the evening.  I was not impressed with New York's park reservation system or the manner in which they do business.  Not to mention the park could use some repairs and as much as I paid for one short night to park my truck and make a fire there should be ample funds to better maintain their camp.  Back to fishing.... While on the river in a rare coincident I run into and meet a former paratrooper who lives in the area and was fortunate to fish the next day with him and learn some of the nice spots to fish and some other techniques.