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The Beautiful Mistake
Just put the vise away for the evening, my head is pounding and my eyes just can’t focus anymore. What started out as an attempt to tie the Moose River streamer went horribly wrong, and then back to right again. I’m not sure what to call this baby because honestly, I’m not sure if there [...]
Soft Hackle Bonanza
Just another day in the Allagash (what I’ve been doing instead of writing my moose hunt story) ! Just one of the many Partridge we saw on the moose hunt… More to come, including the moose hunt recap…eventually! Happy Hunting, -Ben :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
A Learning Experience
- Good idea, bad outcome! Something I never want to happen when tying a fly. My initial idea was to tie a variation of the Gray Ghost, and it seemed to be going well up until the final assembly. I started by pre-assembling my wings and cheeks, which was relatively easy and what I felt [...]
Update Update Update!
- A few updates worth mentioning tonight! First and foremost, a biography for Up’North’s latest contributor has been added to “The Gang” page. Go check it out and get to know a little about our voice of the Rangeley/Kennabago region! Equally worth mentioning! After over a month of nothingness (poetic license to excuse my time [...]
A Fresh Batch!
- With the conditions on the water less than Ideal during the past few days, I thought it might be a good idea to get creative and tie some flies. Still being fairly new at this fly tying gig, I made my fair share of errant mistakes, but still managed a decent batch of Streamers, [...]
A Guest Appearance: Muskoka Outdoors
- Recently Up’North made a guest appearance on a feature post at MuskokaOutdoors.ca. 5 Spring Trout Fly Treats, Features fly patterns from 5 different Fly Fishermen of very different regions. Yours Truly is representing for Maine, and I think the patterns I suggested not only work well for me, but have been fished successfully over [...]
Up'North Takes an NHL Playoff Timeout
-There are some things that EVEN FLY FISHING just can’t seem to erase from your mind. New Jersey lost a heartbreaker tonight in game 4 of their first round serious with Carolina, and I’ve been shaking with fury for the past hour. I’ve watched the video of the end of the game probably 50 times [...]
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
-Great Success! Recently Up’North comrade and Brownlining Jedi Jean-Paul Lipton of Roughfisher.com held a contest to see who could distinguish commercial blend dubbing from a batch of his own custom creation. A trained eye, and a large helping of luck led to yours truly being the randomly selected winner from a pool of participants who [...]
Creek Addict gets a new Layout!
-Top of the mornin’ ladies and gents’!, If your caught inside, lost and lonely this weekend with nowhere to turn, Up’North has your back. Giving me some serious reasons to consider revamping MaineFlyCastings.com, our good friend Chris Michels of Creek Addict has been working extremely hard to develop a new layout for his site, and [...]
Fly Fishin' Artist: Rod Crossman
Good afternoon ladies and gents! Thursday if one of my favorite days on Up’North for a few reasons. It’s usually the first time all week I actually have more than twenty minutes to step away from college work and breath, but more importantly, it’s time for the Fly Fishin’ Artist of the Week! This weeks [...]