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July weather crazy, but fishing heats up

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I am writing this shortly after the July 4th weekend.

What crazy weather over the last week or so; a couple torrential downpours, very hot weather, cold weather, strong winds from the east, and then the west. It made it tough to canoe, boat, or fish any decent-sized body of water.

There are green and brown drakes around the local lakes along with some hexes but the hatches have been sporatic, at least where I have b een. Maybe more stable weather will strengthin the remaining lake hatches.

The rain has brought more fish into some of the rivers around Rangeley. A few anglers report some really nice fish caught while others report things being slow. I guided a group on day last week on a few local rivers and it was relatively slow with mostly smaller fish caught until one guy landed a landlocked salmon of at least four pounds on a small classic black ghost.
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In other news, I have made a decision to stop guiding for the rest of this year and perhaps next year as well. I have a number of really exciting writing projects in front of me and I only have time to do two of the following three activities: fish, guide, write. I have been doing too much of the latter two and not enough fishing so I am eliminating guiding, at least for now. I am still giving flyfishing classes so let me know if you are interested and I will announce some possible dates.

My flyfishing book is virtually sold out so my publisher is doing a second printing. We have made a few changes to improve readability and correct a few minor errors.

One of my projects is to revise the book Flyfisher’s Guide to Northern New England which is a “where to go” book. It “forces” me to fish all sorts of rivers around New England. I have included a few photos from some of my trips this spring and summer.

Fishing picks up in June, but so do the black flies

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It is mid-June, the middle of spring fly fishing season and the middle of black fly and mosquito season as well. The black flies really came out last week in the Kennebago area. If you were not protected, you got chomped on.

During early June, the Rangeley River fished well with a variety of fish falling for dry flies and nymphs, but as the days wore on, the fish were pounded and seemed to get smaller and smaller.

Fishing turned on at Kennebago Lake with a variety of fish sizes rising in the evening to assorted mayflies, caddis, and whatever else the wind blew in. On June 2, at the conclusion of a very warm and still day, the large carpenter ants had their first winged mating swarm day of the year – what some fisherman call a flying ant hatch. Those winged large ants falling in the lake and river really got the large fish up and rising quickly. I was guiding on the upper river at the bridge and a slow day turned into a good day as a number of large trout appeared as if from nowhere and starting taking ants off the surface (and similar artificial flies). Later on Kennebago Lake, a concentration of ants meant that two other anglers in a boat and I in my kayak landed 8 trout over 14 inches between us – (mostly them unfortunately as I missed a few and broke off a few) My largest was a full 18 inches. What fun.
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Unfortunately, for whatever reason, significant numbers of salmon have not run up the Kennebago River this spring. Not the correct combination of high water and ideal temperature I guess. Maybe a heavy rain will get them moving and salvage the season. With all of the cold and ice, not too many fish overwintered in the river either. Some of the lower pools have definitely changed with the heavy ice, as certain large boulders and in different places and parts of pools have filled in.

My schedule is fully booked for the rest of June and my first guiding openings will be in July. I still have opening for my advanced fly fishing class on June 28th.

Spring finally arrives in Western Maine; fishing hot and cold

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Well, a lot to cover in this blog report…

Finally, after a long end of winter, fly fishing has started… In the Rangeley area, most waters were very cold in early May and the fishing spotty.

Some folks did really well on the lower Mags when the water was running low on a variety of flies including the good ol san juan worm. Several brookies around 4 pounds were caught.The warmer weather around the 14th good action was to be had at the #10 bridge. The smelt run was done but suckers were moving in and trout and salmon along with them. Many nice trout and salmon were caught on streamers, copper johns, sucker egg patterns, and even dry flies.

Lots of fisherman though. One morning I counted 6 boats and 15 wading fisherman. A few testy folks because fishing was in tighter quarters than normal but it seemed like everybody was catching fish. Some folks I guided did very well on a new nymph I tied.

They were fishing to trout and salmon that had been fished over heavily but this fly roused them. I will write about it in a later post.

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The heavy showers during the weekend did blow out a few streams and rivers depending upon where the heavier rain fell.

This week I am teaching seven Greely High School seniors how to fly fish. They chose learning to fly fish as their senior project. They are fine young men and catching on quickly. You forget all of what is involved with actually successfully catching a fish until you teach a real newbie…With everything that has to go right, sometimes it seems a miracle that we catch what we do! We have been fishing in southern Maine to newly stocked fish and they act so differently from wild fish that sometimes I am not at all confident what tactics and flies to use.

Finally, my book continues to sell steadily which is satisfying. A nice review in the Maine Sportsman Magazine helped. We are almost sold out and have to do a reprint, which is great.

I hope everybody gets out fishing. My next presentation is at the Rangeley Library in early July. I will be busy the next few weeks with guiding and attending two kids graduations.

Book tour continues with presentations this week in Cumberland, Dedham, MA

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Hi Folks,
Here is an update of my schedule.

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My guiding for May is all booked up. I will be posting an updated calendar of available June dates as well as July dates soon.

Spring is here, but ice-out still a ways away

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Spring-like weather has finally arrived and the snow is melting quickly and ice thinning on lakes and ponds in southern and central Maine. Rivers are quite full from melting snow runoff. In the mountains and north, it will take a while for the snow to melt and four feet of ice to diminish. Ice-out there is a ways away.

I have been busy speaking about my new book and writing my next one, “How to catch trophy wild Brook Trout”. There are a number of specific tactics and techniques required if you want to increase your chances of catching a real trophy. Of course, you have to be fishing in places where these fish live, and they aren’t found everywhere.

Here is an excerpt from the introduction:

For many anglers, there is something special about landing a trophy native trout or salmon on a fly. That is why fly fishers pursue Atlantic salmon in Quebec, brown trout in Germany, Yellowstone cutthroat in the park, steelhead in the Pacific Northwest, golden trout in the Sierra, and brook trout in the Northeast United States. Native is the key word because it means the fish have always existed in these waters (at least since the last ice age), have never been stocked, and are still born and grow in these waters. Wild fish are fish that were born in the watershed they live but whose ancestors were put there by human beings in the recent or distant past. Native fish are all wild but not all wild fish are natives. Still, catching a trophy wild fish is quite an achievement as well. Now, there is nothing wrong with landing a stocked trout that has grown large or even a brood-stock fish (one that was stocked at a large size), but it is just not the same.
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The above native brook trout was caught on a soft hackle grey ghost streamer last fall.

My next speaking engagements are at the Cumberland Library on May 1 and The Orvis Store in Dedham, Massachusetts. Please join me.

I am also excited that people are beginning to sign up for my instructional classes. One day to learn all of the different fishing methods from my book. Too often, people limit their approach to just one method or another and don’t adjust to different conditions or water types. Give me a call if you want more information about these classes.

Anxiously awaiting open-water season

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Well, I am sure that everyone is waiting for the cold weather to end so we can start to see some open water. This is the time when we all daydream about fishing and plan future trips so I have some recommendations for you…

First of all, if you have never fished for the steelhead or large browns in Upstate New York that run into the tributaries of the Great Lakes than you have missed out on some real fun. Forget about the stories you have heard about crowded water and snagging. There is a guide service that does a tremendous job in New York. Go visit their website at www.reelactionfly.com. You will be amazed at their photos and videos. They also offer some great options at their camp in Alaska.

Here is a photo of me with a rather large brown trout I caught while they guided me. Trust me when I say that when one guide chooses another guide to assist , then the guide must be good.

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I am not going to tell you anything about it except it is from New Zealand, just click on it – you will be glad that you did.

Finally, I will be giving my book presentation at the Maine Sportsman show on Friday and Sunday, the last weekend of March and at the NutMeg Chapter of TU (http://www.nutmegtrout.org) on March 18th in Connecticut.

Back from the book tour with ice-out prediction, new fly fishing classes

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I have lots of information to share in this blog. First of all, I am going to make my first ice-out prediction – ice-out will be late this year, possibly later than it has been for over ten years. I am guessing later than May 7. Last week someone sampled the ice on Little Kennebago Lake and found it over three feet thick.

With cold temperatures this winter and not a huge amount of snow to insulate the ice, the ice is really thick and will take longer to melt given normal spring conditions.

I am back from my travels to various fly fishing shows and trout unlimited meetings, giving presentations and signing books. It was a lot of fun connecting with many eager fly fishers, as well as fellow authors.


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I am adding a guiding calendar this year so people can see what days I have open for guiding. Look for it on my site. Right now I am open May 10,11,12,14,15,16,18,19, 21,22, 29, 30, 31 and June 1-4, 15-27. July is wide open at this point.

I would like to announce that this year, in addition to standard guiding days, I will be offering one-day fly fishing instructional classes based on strategies and tactics outlined in my book, “Fly-fishing the Seasons of Northern New England”. The day will consist of eight hours – two hours of streamer tactics, two hours of dry fly instruction, two hours of nymphing lessons, and two hours of specialized tactics (micropatterns and other approaches). While we will be trying to catch fish, the emphasize will be on instruction.

Location will be the Rangeley area (specifics depend on season and where people are staying). The class size will be 3-5 people and cost $125 per person. I will do a class of 2 but the cost will be $150 each. If you let me know your preferred dates, I will try to put appropriate sized classes together.

Book signing schedule released for January; nice review from Amazon reader

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Since my book has been released, I have been doing some traveling to various fly fishing venues to give presentations and sign books. I attended the Flyfishing Show in Marlborough Massachusetts. I will be doing a presentation at the Sebago Lake Chapter of Trout Unlimited Meeting on January 21. I will be presenting on January 24, 25, and 26 at the Flyfishing Show in Somerset New Jersey.

Books are available now at Amazon, the Rangeley Sports Shop, and directly from me. As I learn of other outlets, I will pass them on. I anticipate LL Bean soon. The book has received some nice reviews (even from readers not friends or relatives!) Here is one from Amazon…

Destined to become a New England flyfishing classic!!!
December 16, 2013
By andrew m. lamka – See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flyfishing Northern New England’s Seasons (Kindle Edition)

Destined to become required reading for anyone flyfishing Northern New England whether they are fishing the region for the first time or a veteran of fishing the region for many years. Unless one has the time to fish the area 100 days a year in every season for at least the next decade the information in this book will save you years of trial and error, frustration and fishless days! A book like this has been a long time coming’!

In the 1964 comedy film MAN’S FAVORITE SPORT the protagonist, George Willoughby, is a renowned angling expert who is harboring a secret… HE HAS NEVER FISHED!!! The author of this book is clearly NOT THAT GUY!!!Zambello is without doubt the real deal whose knowledge is the result of time on the water. I have flyfished the region covered on this book for over 50 years… particularly the Rangeley region..and the advice he offers is rock solid. I’ve learned more than a few new tricks and a bunch of new fly patterns from this book. Flyfishing the region has evolved exponentially
since the days of casting a GRAY GHOST, swinging a PARMACHENE BELLE, or floating a devil bug on a brook trout pond. The author covers Czech and European nymphing techniques, midge fishing, and fishing the sucker spawn (in the past a topic on which those in the know weren’t talking’). Great information on the best times to fish in terms of weather patterns and time
of day. I only wish I had a book like this 50 years ago!!!

Czech-ing in on N.Y. steelhead fishing; Lou’s new book released

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steelhead

This beautiful steelhead was caught in upstate New York using a Czech nymphing technique.

This November I did a bit of traveling and did not fish as much as I normally would in Maine. I did hit the Presumpscot River one morning and nymphed up a couple brown trout.

I then spent four days fishing for steelhead in upstate New York on the Canadaway River. The weather was cold but the fish were there and willing, off and on. Most of the fish were caught on a pink plastic bead (egg imitation) fished under a strike indicator. Others were caught Czech nymphing style on a two fly rig – the point fly was a pink foam egg and the dropper was a black soft-hackle leech imitation. The beautiful fish in the picture was hooked Czech nymphing and took the pink foam egg (with 5x tippet).

The Steelhead were quite active and I did a fair amount of following them downstream (and sometimes upstream) in order to land them. It helps to have a large net. Sometimes though I had no net and had to hand land them.
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My recent book “Flyfishing Northern New England’s Seasons” is now available on Amazon in digital form with the paperback available in a few weeks. This is a how-to book on how to optimally fish each season in northern New England. It is also available with my personal signature directly from me. E-mail me and I will send you all of the specifics. Other retailers will be selling it and I will let you know when I know.

I will be giving presentations based on the book throughout New England this winter as well. I will be at the Flyfishing Show in Marlborough, Mass. On January 17,18, and 10. Also at the Sebago Lake Chapter of Trout Unlimited on January 24th

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