Very nice, Wayne. What size are you tying those? I could make those work very well on the Little Mad; the Aroostook, too, in about a #22, sans bead. Smaller would work even better but I can't tie that small anymore. Stupid small bugs have been getting ALL the attention this summer. I had to give a ...

“Maine Brook Trout”… A phrase that spurs my imagination… Delightful… Bob Mallard, founding member of Native Fish Coalition, has a nice book out on fishing brookies in Maine. Of course, he, like everyone else who tries to wax poetic about fishing in Maine, can't be bothered to venture up into northe...

No. I am just an admirer of JLC, and was wondering if he was in some way the inspiration for this pattern. Being a Mainer, JLC and the 20th are fairly revered up here. Shipyard Brewing makes a seriously tasty beverage named after the man; 'Chamberlain Ale'. No word on whether ol' Joshua ever wet a ...

Here in far off northern Maine, we have alder choked streams that are better suited for a Popeil's Pocket Fisherman than a rod of indeterminate length. My favorite small stream flymph rod, these days, is a vintage 7' 4wt. Orvis Trout Bum. I've got a first generation Helios 7' 4wt., but it really doe...

A brookie magnet for the waters up here. Beautiful work, Norm.

I like your variation a lot better than its namesake; the $3 Dip never really got my blood moving.

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:50 am That's very nice. I can see dead drifting that for brookies.

I'm stealing it. Then I'm going down one size and trying it on the Little Mad, fishing it just like you said.

Well I sure like it. I'm stealing this one.

I keep coming back to Bill's box of flies, and I feel like a a completely inadequate flagellant. I mean, I see what I should be aspiring to, and yet, I fall so far from grace. Bill, I have no words... that box is like, a paraphrased vision from 'Man of La Mancha': "To dream the impossible fly t...

Forget the Maple Leaf, the Canadian flag should have this on it.