Welcome to Penobscot Fly Fishers!
Penobscot Fly Fishers is a Fly Fishing and 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization that promotes outdoor fishing activities and conservation of our Maine fisheries. We meet at the Penobscot County Conservation Association's clubhouse located at 570 N Main St., Brewer, the first Wednesday of every month, September through June. We have monthly meetings with interesting speakers, annual fly tying classes which start the first week of January thru March, Fly Fishing 101 class every April, local High School fly tying, casting clinics, assist IF&W with fish marking, fish stocking, and of course, fishing!
FMI contact "president@penobscotflyfishers.com"
FMI contact "president@penobscotflyfishers.com"
Upcoming Events
The 2019 Fishing activities calendar is posted.
24-25 April (weds/thurs) - fish marking (fin clipping) with IF&W at Grand Lake Stream. Meet at the Parking lot at the Hatchery at 0830!
All help is greatly appreciated. You can fish beautiful Grand Lake Stream while you are up there. Email sent to club
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27 April - Fly Fishing 101 - 07:30 sign in, 08:30 start, ends at 04:30 p.m. Email sent to club and participants.
28 April - our first club fishing outing - trolling at Toddy Pond. Email sent to membership with details.
Assist IFW with annual fish stocking - stand by for dates!
1 May Monthly meeting- Come listen/watch famous fly fisher, guide, and fly tier Jim Dionne talk about (and demonstrate) the basics of SPEY casting.
5 May club outing - Green Lake - Meet at Jenkins Landing ($5 to park)
8 May - club outing - Kenduskeag Stream
18 May - PFF sponsored Two handed Spey casting clinic
Sorry we are all full. You can send in a request to be on our waiting list.
19 May - club outing - Salmon Pond
22 May - club outing - Piscataquis River, Guilford
2 June - club outing - Craig Pond
5 June - last club meeting until September - come join us for a BBQ! We will not have a scheduled speaker - it's time to make fishing plans with your new friends, or old friends!
8 June - PCCA Youth Day at the PCCA. Requires fly tying and fly casting volunteers, 9-5.
9 June - club outing - Grand Lake Stream
16 June - Join us for our annual Father's Day Derby - Prizes for the top 3 finishers - will be held on the Penobscot river, south Lincoln Landing. Stay tuned for more details!
23 June - club outing - West Branch of the Penobscot River. Many of us get campsites at Big Eddy or Abol Campground.
4 Sept - come listen to Dwayne Shaw from the Downeast Salmon Federation.
Dwayne Shaw is Executive Director of the Downeast Salmon Federation, where he has led the development of the Federation’s fisheries and land conservation programs since 1989, beginning with the removal of the Pleasant River dam and the renovation of the facility as a hatchery and fisheries research center in Columbia Falls. In 2000 he led the removal of the East Machias River dam and received the National Coastal America Partnership Award from President George W. Bush. The East Machias site is now home to DSF’s Peter Gray Hatchery for the restoration of Atlantic salmon.
16 September - ACT OUT women's fly casting clinic Husson University
2 Oct - Come listen to our favorite fish biologist Greg Burr
