Waterflow at Gorham, NH 2510 cubic Feet Per second, Peabody River at Gorham 300 cfs at Wild River in Gilead 387 cfs

Water Temperature 45 at Wild in Gilead on May 13
High today mid 60′s, rain again but we need it
Sunset 8:11 pm Sunrise tomorrow 5:08 am

Exhibitors include Maine and New Hampshire outfitters and guide services, sporting camps, wildlife artists and authors, The Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the University of Maine 4H Camp, Casting for Recovery, Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, equipment manufacturers and retailers. Attendees can learn the art of fly tying, rod building and wildlife photography. There will be seminars on getting started in fly fishing, and fishing the Rangeley Lakes Region and Labrador. HMH Vises and Maine Fly Fishing are sponsoring a fly tying contest. Sponsors and exhibiting vendors are giving away dozens of door prizes every hour. Proceeds from an auction of items including guided trips, sporting camp vacations and fly fishing gear will go toward fishing habitat restoration projects and river access in the Western Maine region.

The Fly Fishing Film Tour, a nationwide movie tour featuring segments from the best fishing films of the year will cap off the day. The two hour movie will be shown at 7 pm at The Bethel Inn Conference Center. Tickets are $7 when purchased in advance at the Expo or $10 at the door. The film features a segment on the Maine Salmon produced by Carter Davidson of Gray Ghost Productions. Carter is a Bethel native who grew up fishing in the western Maine region and has hand crafted his own wooden drift boat.

Says Scott Stone, President of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and TU member, “We’re really blessed to be able to fish in this area of Western Maine which provides the perfect environment for catching trout. We hope that anglers of all ages and abilities will attend and leave with a greater understanding of the sport and lots of fishing goodies too. And if the groundhog was right and there’s an early spring, the Upper Andro is open to fishing year round.”

Information on the event is available on line at www.westernmaineflyfishingexpo.com or by phoning the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at 207-824-3694 or email questions to fish@upperandro.com.

The Upper Andro is open to fishing year round as long as there is open water
Flow data may be found at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ME/nwis/current/?type=flow”>http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ME/nwis/current/?type=flow
Weather data for Bethel is available at weather.com

Sunset 4:05 Sunrise tomorrow 7:00

Western Maine Drifters

Brian Reader, Reg. Maine Guide
P.O. Box 273
Cornish, ME 04020
207-632-0332

Email brian@westernmainedrifters.com
Website www.westernmainedrifters.com

Offering guided fly fishing float trips on the Upper Androscoggin. Wading and small stream fishing also available. Half and Full day trips. Equipment provided. See our website for more info.
My anglers have placed for biggest fish in the 2011 & 2012 Two Fly Tournament, plus angler with most trout and tied for boat with most trout in 2012.
P.O. Box 273, Cornish, ME 04020

www.westernmainedrifters.com

No Foolin’ It snowed last night!
Waterflow at Gorham, NH 3720 cubic Feet Per second, at Wild River in Gilead 224 cfs

Water Temperature ? Chilly

High today near 50, mostly cloudy winds 10-20 mph

Sunset 7:11 pm Sunrise tomorrow 6?23 am

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.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is hosting a public informational meeting to discuss trout management on the upper Androscoggin River. The public is invited to attend a presentation, ask questions, and offer input on the planned formation of a small focus group to guide development of a cold water fisheries management plan for the upper Androscoggin River. WHEN: September 26, 2012 at 7 PM. WHERE: Bethel Inn Resort (Gibson Room). CONTACT: Francis Brautigam @ 657-2345, ext 112.

Water flow at Gorham, NH 11740 cubic feet per second, at Wild River in Gilead 122 cfs

Water temperature 57

High today in 50′s, showers, lows in 40′s tonight

Sunset 6:25 pm, Sunrise tomorrow 6:41 am