I wouldn’t say that fishing in Maine is easy, usually. There are a lot of variables up here: water temps, water flows, whether brook trout have pushed into the rivers to chase smelt and how far they’ve forayed, and the weather. Regarding the last point, you’ll go from sultry and humid days to cold and
Author: Jo Tango
Maine 2022, Part 1
It took a bit of doing, but our annual blog writers’ Maine gathering has commenced. We’re a smaller group this year, as it is just Jamie and I, but that’s what happens when people have personal and work commitments. We will toast the other writers tonight. View this post on Instagram A post shared by
Three by Three
It’s not much, but I fished Sunday and saw three species (‘bows, brookies, and browns) on three techniques (dries, tightlining, and swinging wets): a “3 x 3″ type of day. The fish of the day taped at 18” and took a David Hughes March Brown Flymph (recipe here) on a very slow swing at a
Hendricksons on Mother’s Day
One way to avoid crowds is to fish on Mother’s Day when there is a cold front with stiff wind on the horizon. With the Mrs. in Europe visiting one of our children, I had free license to roam and roam I did indeed. As expected, few anglers were out. I finally ran into a