I am just a little bit NE of you, and it was about 5 years ago I looked around for good pond builders and came up empty-handed. I agree with Dave on buying the book. You are that stage where you'll gain the most from it. Other than that, keep learning about ponds. Read this forum a lot about troubles that are incurred and how they could be prevented, both in building and managing. How a pond is/wants to be managed is often determined by how a pond is built, and vice versa. Even types of fish you may want can determine how to build it better for them.
