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Battle Scars
- It’s taken me a while to grasp that for all intensive purposes, my fly fishing season is over. Blame it on the seasons, blame it on school, blame it on my recent move back to Orono. Regardless of where the blame is placed, my days of throwing flies in northern Maine this season are [...]
Top 10: Fall Edition
-Today is move-in day at the University of Maine, and I thought it might be appropriate given the circumstances to assemble something of a list. Without further ado, I present to you Up’North’s Top 10 hints that College is once again in session, and that Fall is officially around the corner. 10: I haven’t seen [...]
Could It Be?
- It’s August here in northern Maine, and that can only mean one thing – Fall is in the imminent future. The heat and humidity are still busy making their presence known, but the wind carries a different message these days. As the Summer weather clings for dear life, a cool breeze has become increasingly noticeable [...]
Changing of the Seasons
Winter has arrived in northern Maine, and in a big way. It seems as though fall came and went in the blink of an eye, and even as the hills shimmer with new fallen snow I admittedly miss the colorful leaves and even more colorful brook trout of the past few months. The last week [...]
Rusted
- Mid October has long been one of my favorite times of the year. With hunting season just getting underway, temperatures dropping dramatically, and frosty mornings becoming a regular occurrence, the tell-tail signs of winter are showing up throughout the Saint John Valley. As the bright colors of fall begin to drop to the forest [...]
Up'North's Top 3 Shotguns of 2009
Good Mornin’ For those of you in the market for a new shotgun during this fall season, feast your eyes on Up’Norths top 3 favorites for 2009. Are they pricey? maybe….Are they worth it? I wouldn’t write about them if they weren’t. Lets take a look! Introducing…. First up, the Browning Cynergy Classic Sporting, over [...]
The 2009 L.L.Bean Fall Hunting Expo: A Personal Narrative
- The Fall hunting season is now underway, with many Mainers taking to the woods in search of a plentiful bounty fit to stuff a kings freezer. It’s no secret that October is the favorite month of many serious hunters, most of which know the logging roads of northern Maine better than the back of [...]
It's Partridge/Fly Tying Season!
- While I continue to wipe the tears away at the passing of the 2009 open water fishing season in Maine, I see a big, bright light burning at the end of the tunnel! It’s time to bundle up for Maine’s Fall hunting season, and Up’North is locked and loaded! October 1st marks the first [...]
Going! Going! Gone!
- Because college is literally kicking my @$$ right now, time is something I simply do not have. No time for fishing, no time for writing about fishing, not even time for dreaming about fishing. With hunting season right around the corner, It has quickly become clear that my days of fly fishing in 2009 [...]
Gone…
Gone Gone Gone to the 17th Annual L.L.Bean Hunting Expo, and you should be too! Come on down for a weekend full of great events and excellent deals! For a full schedule of events, click HERE. Tight Lines, -Ben :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::