If there is one thing I have learned over the years is that fashion trends invariably travel full circle. There are none of those clown-like, super-wide neck ties in my clothes closet. My James Dean narrow jobbies that are still hanging around from the fabulous 50s, came back once. And they will again. Alas, fly […]
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Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited to host public presentation on Nov. 13
BETHEL — The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting its first public presentation of the 2014-2015 season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, on the second floor of the McLaughlin Science Center at Gould Academy. President Lee Margolin, who founded the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited in 1998, said that the program will be […]
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Outdoors in Maine: ‘Retriever’ a special fly
Trust me on this. I am not one to jump to the conclusion that a fly is a “killer fly” just because it happens to bring me a few fish to the boat. In fact, in all the years of writing about fishing, only a couple of flies that I can recall got any of […]
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Bethel Fly Fishing Expo reels in eager anglers
BETHEL — More than 300 fishing enthusiasts attended Saturday’s Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo despite a full-blown afternoon snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures. They didn’t seem to mind that Maine’s fly-fishing season will start much later than usual because water bodies are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. It was the third year […]
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Bethel to host Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on March 22
BETHEL — Participants at the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on Saturday, March 22, can learn the latest fishing techniques and visit with guides, sporting camp owners and angling exhibitors. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bethel Inn Conference Center in Bethel. Admission is $5 for adults and free […]
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Fly fishing outlet plans outlet store near L.L. Bean in Freeport
FREEPORT — Although Orvis managers acknowledge that “L.L.Bean owns the town,” the international fly fishing equipment giant will open an outlet just a few hundred feet from the outdoor retail giant at the end of July. Don Benasich, senior manager of Orvis’ outlet division, confirmed Thursday that the company will open its 11th outlet store at 24 […]