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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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Here is a list of my upcoming speaking engagements. All of these are open to the public, in the case of Evening Sun Fly Shop presentation, call to let them know you are coming.

March 12: Hammonasset Chapter of Trout Unlimited, 540 Oregon Road, Meriden, Ct. at 7:00. This presentation is “How and Where to Catch Trophy Brook Trout”

March 22: Evening Sun Fly Shop, www.eveningsunflyshop.com for more information, 10:30 – 2:00. I will be leading a flytying class and presenting highlights from my book.
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March 27,28,29 at the Maine Sportsman Show at the Augusta Civic Center, check out their website for exact times. My presentation will be “How and Where to Catch Trophy Brook Trout”

April 11: Sebago Lake Trout Unlimited annual Banquet, from 4 to 4:20 presenting book highlights and signing books. Check Out their website for more information.

If you haven’t yet caught any of my presentations, here is your chance. Some of the photographs I use make you long for fishing season even more than you already are. I might use the one posted here as the cover of my next book. Melt snow, melt!

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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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.

March 20: Spring is coming – maybe

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What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, there were days in the 70’s, even up in Rangeley. Snow pack was non-existent and ice-out was only several weeks away for many water bodies. This year feels more like the winters that I remember. March has been snowy with many nights still dipping into the low teens and temperatures staying in the 30’s during the afternoon. There is no way ice-out in the Rangeley area is going to be in April this year. So for all of you that have procrastinated tying those ice-out streamers, you still have time.
A couple of updates… I now have a monthly column in the Maine Sportsman in which I will be writing about backcountry cycling (combined with fishing, hunting, birding, and other outdoor activities. Check over the last year. It is being published by a respected outdoor publisher, Wilderness Adventure Press, and will be out later this year in both paper and electronic versions.
Book excerpt for this month…
 It helps a great deal to have someone living near the water you want to fish so they can pass on what they see. When the ice has melted around the immediate shoreline and the color of the ice itself is closer to black than white, than ice out is imminent and it would be wise to start making up excuses for missing work.
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November fishing continued good

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Decent weather continued into mid November and the fly fishing in Southern Maine continued to be good in those bodies of water still open to fishing. The Presumpscott River was particularly good, not only the section near the Sebago dam but further down river below other ponds and dams. Water flows were low making wading and fish spotting easy, and water temperatures were still in the mid 40’s so the fish remained active. See my video of the action in early November. Later in the month flows increased significantly, limiting the fishing options somewhat
The attraction this time of year is the mix of fish you can hook up with. Good size brookies in gorgeous spawning colors are stocked as are large 18 inch plus browns. Holdover fish move up the river from ponds and lower parts of the river. I watched one guy net a wide and fat landlocked salmon that was over 4 pounds, and saw a picture of another 25 inch salmon (caught on a spinner). I also caught chubs and small mouth bass. Like I said, you never know.
Classic Maine streamers such as The Grey Ghost catch fish but nymphing has the highest rate of success. I nymph with copper johns in various colors as well as pheasant tails, and zebra midges. What tippet size to use is a dilemma; finer tippet sizes yield more fish, but breakoff’s are likely if you hook into a horse.
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Coastal streams that become brackish before emptying into the ocean stay warmer because of the ocean’s influence. Last fall, in southern Maine, the ocean temperature in some of the shallow bays and estuaries was still in the 60’s in early October. If you have never tried fishing for sea-run browns, I recommend it. From the Royal River in Yarmouth all the way down the Maine coast to New Hampshire, many streams have sea-runs. The Maine Sportsman newspaper and other publications give detailed descriptions every year of where to find them. I have a neighbor who every year catches browns over 20 inches from the Royal River, right in downtown Yarmouth. He uses very large lures and flies with lots of flash. I have had my best action with large soft-hackle marabou streamers in yellow and small muddlers. It usually isn’t fast fishing, but it is a thrill every once and awhile to hook one.