Up'North Maine Fly Castings

- Fishermen aren’t the only ones who get tired being out on the ice all day…. Sweet dreams of reel screams! -Ben :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

- It’s Up’North’s first birthday, and everyone is invited! From our home base in northern Maine, to California, Alaska, Australia, Finland and even mother Russia, Up’North’s reach has extended far beyond my wildest expectations. 47,366 total views, over 300 rss subscribers, 474 posts, 690 comments, and over 800 different post tags resulting in a respectable [...]

I turn 22 today, but according to some ladies and gents I act a lot older. It must be the fly fishing, the general public sees it as the pastime of older gentleman right? Let’s examine my current life patterns and discover what makes me so old, shall we? I’ve never really been in to [...]

From our dinner table to yours, happy Thankgiving! Tons to give thanks for this year, so much in fact that I couldn’t possibly compress it down to one post. So I’ll keep it short and sweet, just like Maine’s open water fishing season. Raise a glass! I’m thankful for old friends and new friends of [...]

-Well, usually it is. Frankly, probably more than 95% of the time it is. But what about that other 5%? Well, I leave that for special occasions like this one. Wednesday, November 4, the Fort Kent Community High School boys Soccer team captured the Eastern Maine Championship for the first time since lonnnngggg before I [...]

- Good Mornin’ all! It’s been some time since I’ve rolled out a Mornin’ Coffee post, time just hasn’t been on my side this semester. Senior year is a lot of work, and unfortunately so is writing for MaineFlyCastings.com. I wish I could say that I’ve made Up’North my priority, but this simply is not [...]

- With the second week of the 2009 Maine moose hunt now a distant memory, I still can’t seem to shake the feelings and images of that week from my head. What made the experience all the more special was getting the chance to share it with my father. As many of you might already [...]

- With all the hustle and bustle that comes from running MaineFlyCastings.com, it can be easy to forget why I started this website in the first place. Tuesday night I got a friendly reminder.. My girlfriend’s Grandfather is considered by most to be the Lefty Kreh of fly fishing in Northern Maine. If he’s not [...]

My second love, the Boston Redsox! These past few days have been insane, and the weekend has only just begun. With a pig roast on the menu for tomorrow with a ton of friends, and some fly fishing on the coast with Mac on Sunday, Sunday night should be a pretty early one for this [...]

- Another weekend gone, and another weekend without Fly Fishing. This weekend my brother and I, along with help from my entire family, threw my parents a party to celebrate their 25th wedding Anniversary. Almost 100 people, friends, family, and loved ones from throughout their marriage showed up to congratulate them with kind words and [...]