This past weekend, as I was fly fishing in Southern Maine, I came across some huge bait balls. See below for some photos of the fun. Video coming soon!
Read More >>Photos: Fishing Southern Maine
Tag Archives: fly fishing
Lessons from a River
This is a story of stories. It is about one night on a river. It is a story about listening, about healing and about nature. This story is the reason I am here, now, talking to you.
Read More >>Video: Saltwater Fly Fishing: Massachusetts Bait Balls Summer 2015
On one of my trips this summer, my friend Jared and I ran into huge bait balls — truly, some of the largest I’ve ever seen. Here’s some video from the day, over which we caught stripers, Albies, and blues. It was an awesome day!
Read More >>Guest Post: Darrell Hartman, From Pristine Alpine Lakes to the “Lichen Theory”
Greetings, everyone. It’s an honor to be writing on Ben’s great site. I’m presenting a recap of a recent trip to Montana. What a place!
Read More >>Striped Bass Fishing off Cape Cod, Memorial Day Weekend, 2015
By late morning the wind had died, the skies cleared, and we were into lots of fish. Two over 40″, and a few close to it.
Read More >>Photos: New England Outdoor Holiday Meet-up
Tonight was a really fun night: we had tons of people come out for the Holiday Meet-Up at West End Johnnie’s. Thanks to Cory at The Fly Pack and Ted at Cheeky Reels for taking the lead in organizing — and for everyone who came out!
Read More >>New England on the Fly Partners with The Compleat Angler
The boys down at The Compleat Angler, a fishing store and outfitter in Darien, CT, have picked up New England on the Fly, and built out a section of their awesome new website for my content. This means more talking about New England fly fishing, with more people, more of the time.
Read More >>Do Less Than 100,000 Mainers Fish or Hunt Every Year?
When you think of Maine, what do you think of? Lobster. Beaches. Summer. These are the associations of the summer tourist economy. Bu you can surely add to this list things from the other tourist economy: Moose. Rivers. Deep woods. Mountains. And the state bird, the black fly.
Read More >>Book Review: Fly Fishing Northern New England’s Seasons by Lou Zambello
I have heard it commonly said that there are more books written about fly fishing than all other sports combined. Mind you, this is always said by fly fishermen, and often by the literary among them, and so I take it with a heavy grain of salt. And yet there is no shortage of writing about fly fishing.
Read More >>