I became an avid fly angler during my years out West, so it was tough to return to Maine where the fishing season ends September 30th. Fortunately, one body of flowing water was open to fishing near home, and almost nobody else fishes it, so I had it to myself. It's a tailwater without much habitat except for the short stretch near the dam, where the stocked fish stack up … [Read more...] about Fly Fishing Scopan Stream
My Fishing Trips
Fly Fishing for Hatchery Salmon
Landlocked salmon are predators. That's been a proven fact for over a century. So when you put a couple hundred 13" plus salmon in a pool below a hyrdo facility, you can bet they'll be keyed in on baitfish spilling out of the reservoir above. Just about any pattern that imitated a fish did well here. The challenge was trying not to spook the salmon so they'd be inclined … [Read more...] about Fly Fishing for Hatchery Salmon
Small Stream Trout Gems
Reprinted from the October 2016 issue of the Northwoods Sporting Journal Flowing water, open enough to swing a fly rod, and full of trout. Most streams in the Rocky Mountain West fit this category, but such waters in Maine are in high demand. A stream large enough to fly fish that maintains water cool enough to hold brook trout through the heat of summer is pretty rare in a … [Read more...] about Small Stream Trout Gems
Journal Entry 5/11/12
Water: FT Creek Location: Bridge crossing near town Conditions: 50's, sunny, calm. Water extremely low and relatively warm. I had to get out and fish a while this afternoon and I'm glad I did. The fly fishing was a real stress reliever, as it tends to be. I'd been a little frustrated with lack of success on the river over the past few days, so I really wanted to get back … [Read more...] about Journal Entry 5/11/12
Time off to Fish
We'd had the trip planned for a few months, and the date was fast approaching. When we'd booked it, we were expecting low, clear water and incredible hatches of March Browns and/or Mother's Day caddis flies. If it was anything like 2010, the fishing would be incredible. I picked Nick up at the Billings airport in the wake of a coming rain storm that would last for four days … [Read more...] about Time off to Fish