Randy
Author-in-Residence
I’m pleased to announce that once again, I’ll be Author-in-Residence at the incomparable Ames Free Library in Easton, MA from April 9-16. My residence is Queset House, where I’ll be able to work, as well as put on various presentations. These will include a talk and slideshow, a beginners fly tying class, and a fly casting class on the grounds at the reflecting pool. I’ll hope you’ll be able to join me for one or more of these events. The Ames Free Library campus is stunning at this time of year!
Shore Lunch Entrees
Please see the Maine Guide Services page under “About Randy” to view the shore lunch selections for 2017!
Please give us 2 weeks notice if you’re making you’re own selections.
Cabin Fever Reliever
I’ll be appearing this weekend at the Cabin Fever Reliever put on by the Penobscot Fly Fishers at the Brewer Armory in Brewer, Maine. In addition to having a booth on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25-26, I’ll speaking in the lecture room at 9:30 Saturday morning. Please come to the event to say hello, and to take in all the great presenters. This has become a very popular event!
How Handsome Can You Get?
Here are Dakota (R) and Tennyson (L) on their way home from a hunt. The slight ridge up high on Dakota’s nose is the indentation made by his reading glasses. He’s a year and a half old, but reads at the 3 year-old level.
Fall Fishing, Part II
Moving from Quebec to the maritime provinces is a move toward the Gulf Stream. Fall colors sometimes peak even later than they do in Maine, which, after all, is not really south of Nova Scotia, but west of it. This year, we arrived for a flood on Canadian Thanksgiving, our Columbus Day. It took the Margaree River several days to settle after that, and a few more before Atlantic salmon began to show interest in flies. Grouse numbers, on the other hand, seemed to be sky high. Every time I took Dakota and Tennyson to the woods, they flushed partridge. The talk of the valley was apples. A bumper crop of wild fruit hung heavy from limbs everywhere you looked. Margaree wildlife is having a bountiful fall season.
Here are the boys heading out on a jaunt, and here’s a pic taken by Ian from Halifax, who showed up just in time:
Two of my Atlantic salmon champions
Here are Jim Fowler and Bill Dunkelberg on the Bonaventure River on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, each with beautiful fall fish taken on very small flies, then quickly released. 
The Passing of One of the Great Ones
With a heavy heart, I report the passing of one of the great Master Maine Guides I’ve known in my career. David Sockabasin, son of Lola Sockabasin died last night at home surrounded by loved ones after having spent four months in hospitals and rehab facilities fighting complications from diabetes. He leaves behind his wife, Gloria, of 56 years and a very large, loving family.
Here he is, on the job…photo courtesy of Lucy, Dave’s niece.
Casting Lesson
This is the campus of Ames Free Library in Easton, MA where I’ve spoken three times and have also been Author-in-Residence. It’s a wonderful asset to the whole region with a great variety of free programs open to the public, year round. On a Saturday in April, we had a nice turn out for some fly casting instruction.
