Welcome to the 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.
(For more information contact "president@penobscotflyfishers.com").
(For more information contact "president@penobscotflyfishers.com").
Looking to increase your overall fly fishing knowledge? Want to cast better? Master those pesky knots? Tie a fly? Hang with fellow fly fishing addicts? Teach youngsters about fly fishing? Participate in lots of fishing activities? Then Penobscot Fly Fishers may be for you...........
Check out our various web pages. We have monthly meetings with interesting speakers, annual fly tying classes which start the first week of January, Fly Fishing 101 class, Local High School fly tying, Cabin Fever Reliever and lots more.
If interested, email president@penobscotflyfishers.com
Upcoming Events
Starting 7 Jan, basic fly tying classes every Monday night 6-8 p.m. for 6 weeks at the PCCA. We always need volunteers to help out.
Next Monthly Meeting 2 January at the PCCA in Brewer, Maine
Come listen to Dick Jagels talk about historic Atlantic Salmon fishing gear from the collection of the Maine Atlantic Salmon Museum. Meeting is 2 January and held at the PCCA club house in north Brewer. Knot tying at 4 p.m., social hour at 5 p.m, optional dinner at 6 p.m.
Begin the New Year by learning more than you ever cared to know about the devilish devices that snarl our lines, rap our knuckles, and pop the spool just as the fish of a lifetime dashes off to freedom. PFF member Dick Jagels is a board member of Craig Brook National Salmon Hatchery and this past year took on the task of Museum Director where he is developing a Maine bicentennial exhibit: “Two Hundred Years of Sport Fishing in Maine: 1820 to 2020”. In preparation for that exhibit he has been delving into the complex history of fishing reel development, from 18th century English brass ‘winches’ to modern metal-alloy or carbon-fiber-composite fly, casting, and spinning contrivances.
In-between gigs at Louisiana State University and the University of Maine, Dick hired on as the wood analyst at Winterthur Museum (Henry Francis Dupont’s home, and the foremost museum of American furniture built between 1650 and 1850). While there he was initiated into the esoteric world of museum conservators and curators; and even got to visit the “secret” vaults of the Smithsonian Museum. After arriving in Maine in 1979 Dick connected with Steve Brooke (PFF members may recall his talk on dam removal on the Kennebec River); and they collaborated on some Maine State Museum projects. After retiring from U. Maine in 2010 he began writing articles for “The American Fly Fisher”, the journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, including one on the Thomas fly rod company in Bangor.
Begin the New Year by learning more than you ever cared to know about the devilish devices that snarl our lines, rap our knuckles, and pop the spool just as the fish of a lifetime dashes off to freedom. PFF member Dick Jagels is a board member of Craig Brook National Salmon Hatchery and this past year took on the task of Museum Director where he is developing a Maine bicentennial exhibit: “Two Hundred Years of Sport Fishing in Maine: 1820 to 2020”. In preparation for that exhibit he has been delving into the complex history of fishing reel development, from 18th century English brass ‘winches’ to modern metal-alloy or carbon-fiber-composite fly, casting, and spinning contrivances.
In-between gigs at Louisiana State University and the University of Maine, Dick hired on as the wood analyst at Winterthur Museum (Henry Francis Dupont’s home, and the foremost museum of American furniture built between 1650 and 1850). While there he was initiated into the esoteric world of museum conservators and curators; and even got to visit the “secret” vaults of the Smithsonian Museum. After arriving in Maine in 1979 Dick connected with Steve Brooke (PFF members may recall his talk on dam removal on the Kennebec River); and they collaborated on some Maine State Museum projects. After retiring from U. Maine in 2010 he began writing articles for “The American Fly Fisher”, the journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, including one on the Thomas fly rod company in Bangor.
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Cabin Fever Reliever 2/3 March at the Brewer Auditorium. Sat 10-5, Sun 10-3. Free admission, raffles, door prizes, and more!
