Upper Andro Water Report

May 24, 2013 Waterflow at Gorham, NH 3580 cubic Feet Per second, Peabody River at Gorham 215 cfs at Wild River in Gilead 260 cfs Water Temperature 52 at Wild in Gilead on May 22 High today mid 60′s, rain Sunset 8:13 pm Sunrise tomorrow 5:06 am  Read More →

2013 Free Family Fishing Fetival

The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance in co-operation with Trout Unlimited will host a free family fishing festival on Saturday, June 1. The festival will be held at Angevine Park on the North Road in Bethel, from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Free casting workshops and fly-tying instruction will be available throughout the day.
Local Maine guides and members of the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited will teach the workshops. Instruction will include both spin casting and fly casting for older youth and parents. Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will supply complimentary rods and reels for use at the festival.
Families can practice newly learned casting skills in the one acre pond and are welcome to take home their catch. The pond will be stocked with trout courtesy of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Each young angler will receive a mini-tackle box complete with bobber, sinkers and hook courtesy of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance.
Families participating in the event will be eligible for door prizes from local outfitters and businesses as well as L.L. Bean and Kittery Trading Post. The Bethel Fire Dept. will host a barbecue of hotdogs and hamburgers, chips, and drinks and families are welcome to bring a pack lunch.
The weekend of June 1 & 2 is a free fishing weekend in Maine. Resident and Non-resident freshwater fishing licenses are waived each day.
The Family Fishing Festival is one many nationwide events that provide families with an opportunity to have fun on the water. The events are promoted by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (www.rbff.org). For those families wishing to stay overnight and fish or canoe the Androscoggin River on Sunday, special family packages are available for the weekend at several local lodging establishments.
For information on the Family Fishing Festival, contact the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at 207-824-3694, fish@upperandro.com or www.upperandro.com.

Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo Set for March 23

Anglers anxiously awaiting the snow melt, ice out and the opening of fishing season, can learn the latest fishing techniques and visit with guides, sporting camps and a variety of angling exhibitors at the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo to be held Saturday, March 23 at the Bethel Inn Conference Center in Bethel Maine. The Expo runs from 9:00 am to 4 pm and is sponsored by The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance. Admission is $5 for adults and free for youth 15 and under. Read the story »

Farmington Angler Wins the Upper Andro 2–Fly Contest

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. Read the story »

Western Maine Fly Fishing Show Success

The Western Maine Fly Fishing Show held recently in Bethel, Maine at the Bethel Inn, was deemed “really successful” by Upper Andro Angler Alliance’s Wende Gray.

For photos and comments by Kevin Mckay about the show, please visit the MaineFlyFish website.

Authors, Artists and Artisans at Fly Fishing Expo

The Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo scheduled from 9:30 am to 4 pm Saturday, March 24 at the Bethel Inn Conference Center in Bethel will feature authors, artists and artisans along with outfitters, guides and sporting camps.

Authors include Robert Romano, author of several novels about the Rangeley Lakes region including “North of Easie”; Topher Browne, Patagonia Fishing Ambassador and author of an upcoming book on the Atlantic salmon; Kathy Scott, author of “Brook Trout Forest” and David Tibbetts, watercolorist and author of “Tight Lines”. Artist John Swan of Portland will exhibit his fine art watercolors and Gene Bahr his 3-D and wall-mounted fish carvings and bronzes. Terry Walsh, a jeweler from Maine’s Midcoast will have his fine pendants on display. Selene Dumaine, Ed Muzeroll, Sharon Wright and Charles Mann will be demonstrating the fine craft of fly tying. David van Burgel and Jim Becker will be building Bamboo Rods. Film maker Carter Davidson of Gray Ghost Productions will be showing excerpts from his fishing films “The One” “East by Northeast” and “The Good Life”.

Information on the expo is available on line at www.westernmaineflyfishingexpo.com or by phoning the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at 207-824-3694.

Angler’s Journal for 10/05/2008

Copyright 2008, Used by permission

By John W. Corrigan

Fishing may not be the last resort for Bethel, Maine, but it is emerging as an important element of a diverse economy.

A two-fly contest and drift-boat championship described here last week were just the latest events in a long-running effort to capitalize on a newly spruced up river flowing through some of the most beautiful country in the East. The sponsor was the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, a coalition of local fishermen and businesses. Read the story »