A girl with a big smile and her new gun, i.e. from her hard and persistent work during Idaho for Wildlife Predator Derby.
Happiness Is A New Gun
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To Protest a Coyote Hunt, Dress Up As Coyote and Join the Fun
November 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Some think the perversion of predator lovers comes from the worship of a creature of which there are hundreds of thousands. But consider the grey matter of someone who thinks it’s a great idea, in protest of a planned coyote hunting contest in New Mexico, to dress up as a coyote and show up for the shoot.
Farmington Angler Wins the Upper Andro 2–Fly Contest
September 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pete Smith of Farmington, Maine won the trophy for the biggest trout caught during the annual Upper Andro 2-Fly Contest in Bethel held Saturday, September 15. Pete netted a 15” brook trout in the river near Gilead. Second place went to Jerry Miller of Marblehead, MA with a 14 1/8th inch brook trout and third place to Sean Libbey of Deerfield, MA who caught two 14” rainbow trout.
The award for the largest catch went to Dan Reader of Rochester, NH who caught six rainbows and a brook trout. Second place went to Todd Richard of Farmington, ME who caught five rainbows and a brown trout and third place went to Amy Grant-Trefethen of Mt. Vernon, Maine who caught 3 rainbows, a brook trout and a brown trout.
The Rocky Freda Turtle Water Trophy presented to the oarsman of the team who caught the most fish was shared between the teams from Schiavi Homes/Northern Lights, Scott Stone from Norway, ME as oarsman, and Skinny Moose Media’s Western Maine Drifters team rowed by Brian Reader of Cornish, ME.
Maineflyfish.com’s “Big ol’ Chub” trophy went to Stoo Mason of Bethel who caught a 15 ½ inch chub and a total of fifteen of these “mountain” trout.
Thirteen teams of two anglers and an oarsman fished the Upper Androscoggin River from Shelburne, NH to Rumford Center, Maine. The anglers were restricted to using only two flies to catch the biggest and the most trout for an eight hour time period from 6 am to 2 pm.
In Friday afternoon’s Northeast Drift Boat Championship, testing the rowing skills of the oarsmen over a ¼ mile course, first place honors went to Sam Lambert of Bath, ME, Second place to Kate Farnham of Bath, ME and third place to Scott Stone of Norway, Maine.
Awards were presented at the Bethel Inn Resort immediately following a drift boat parade up Bethel’s Main Street and around the Harvest fest on the town common. Along with trophies, winners received merchandise prizes from Sun Valley Sports, L.L. Bean, Kittery Trading Post, Patagonia, Setters Point Inc., and Cabela’s.
Anglers interested in participating in the 2013 Drift Boat Championships and 2-Fly Contest should contact the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at fish@upperandro.com.
Photo by Mike Mayo
Photo by Mike Mayo
Photo by Mike Mayo
In addition, Terry Karkos of the Sun Journal has stories here and here and his video is embedded below.
Fly Tying Contest to Highlight Fishing Expo
March 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
HMH Vises is sponsoring a Fly Tying Contest for all ages at the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo scheduled for March 24 at The Bethel Inn Resort Conference Center in Bethel, Maine. An HMH Vise will be presented to the winners of the youth, 15 and unde,r age division, and the open age division of 16 and older. Tyers must tie either a Black Ghost or a Grey Ghost, two classic western Maine streamer flies. Contest preliminaries will be open from 9:30 am to 11 am and the finals from noon to 2 pm. Materials for the finals will be supplied by North Country Angler and Featherside Flies. Complete rules for the contest are available on line at www.westernmaineflyfishingexpo.com.
Along with the contest , the expo will feature 40 exhibitors, rod building and fly tying instruction, entomology seminars and fly casting techniques and strategies. Door prizes donated by the exhibitors will be awarded every hour. The Expo hours are 9:30 am to 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults and free for juniors 15 and under.
For information contact the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at 207-824-3694. On line information is available at www.westernmaineflyfishingexpo.com.
For a copy of contest rules (pdf) click this link.
