Tag Archives: West branch of the penobscot

Fly Fishing Podcasts

Podcasts have been around for several years but only most recently have I started listening to them. There has been a surge of them over the last few years and the fly fishing world has certainly capitalized on that.  New podcasts have been popping up all over the place, even Maine has a couple of […]

Do You Know This Bug?

The Hellgrammite. It looks nasty and I wouldn’t touch it. Most of you have seen this bug but have no clue what it is. If you’re flipping rocks at just about any river in Maine you will find the larva form of this, which all fish love to eat. A quick search I found this […]

You Have Only 15 Days Left!

I can’t believe we only have 15 days left in September! What does that mean? It means a majority of the places in Maine will be closed to fishing but the good news is  there are places left open to fishing by extended season or open year round to fly fisherman! Let’s talk September, most […]

Something to Think About

Today the temperature is supposed to reach almost 100 degrees. Great for those beach goers but not so much for us fishermen. When the days are really hot and the nights are really warm, the water temperatures starts to climb and when the water temperatures start getting closer to 70 degrees it stresses the fish. […]

Streamers 101

With spring not far away, I’ve been thinking about where I want my blog to go. I want to continue to write about different places and trips I do but I want to help make getting into fly fishing a lot easier. I find I get a lot of the same questions from people. Fly […]

3 Days and 9 Species

I am very lucky to be a very busy Maine fishing guide and I am very gratefulnfor that but it makes it hard to find time to actually get out and fish on my own. So I blocked out Memorial weekend this past spring and planned a fishing trip my boys but Tait(my oldest) had […]

Fishing Report for September 2016

As everyone knows the state is in a drought. I suspect it is keeping a lot of you from going out but I am here to tell you that there is places out there with water and the fish are willing  eat you’re fly. The leaves are starting to change and the air temperatures  have started […]

What not to do When Fishing

Now that fishing season feels like it is really here with warmer weather and the rivers and steams at a fishable level, I want to bring up the topic of boat etiquette. This issue is not just a Maine issue, this is a people issue. I saw it on a recent trip on the Upper […]