Fishing Friends – I made a quick trip home to Maine on Tuesday the 16th when I knew that the heat wave was inevitable.  On both Wed and Thur the water temperature reached 28C/82F in Blackville.  On Friday it backed off to 26C/76F and this morning, Saturday 6/22 it is down to 23C/73F at first light.  DFO first closed their list of cold water refuge pools and now has restricted angling to 6-11 AM. , …Read More →

Fishing Friends – In an attempt to provide a little extra enthusiasm for the start of the bright salmon season Brad Burns Fly Fishing offered a $100 gift certificate to either Doak’s or Curtis fly shops for a dated, digital photo of the first bright salmon of the season. Early in the last week of May we started getting reports from David Donahue that schools of bright salmon were coming up the SW Miramichi. , …Read More →