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FYI board meetings will be at the Dunkin Donuts in Brewer by Walmart on the third Wednesday unless posted differently.
Our meetings are in full swing. The speaker for our January 7th meeting is Greg Burr talking about his book Wolf Runner ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gregory Burr grew up in the midst of Acadia National Park in the tiny village of Northeast Harbor. This small town was surrounded by the beauty of the park, and this inspired him to become an avid outdoorsman and fisherman. He graduated from Mount Desert Island High School in 1981. He then attended Unity College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in inland fisheries management. In 1987 he was hired as an inland fisheries biologist with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, stationed in the Machias office. In 1989 he was promoted to a research fisheries biologist with the IF&W out of the Bangor research office. In 1991 he was promoted to inland fisheries management biologist with IF&W in the Grand Lakes Region of Downeast Maine. In 2006 he was promoted to Assistant Regional Fisheries Biologist with IF&W working out of the Jonesboro office, covering the Downeast region. In 2007, Greg was given the Maine inland fisheries & wildlife fisheries biologist of the year award. In 2010 he was promoted to the position of Regional Fisheries Biologist for the Downeast fisheries management region working out of the IF&W Jonesboro office. In 2017 Greg received IF&W’s lifetime outdoor achievement award. In 2024 Greg retired as the Downeast Fisheries Resource Supervisor for the Grand Lakes Region at the IF&W Jonesboro office. He currently has his own inland fisheries consulting business and travels around New England working for private landowners. He and his wife, Sue, currently live in their home they built on Eastern Harbor in South Addison. They have three children, Ashley, Taylor, and Sutton. Greg is a Master Maine Guide who enjoys hiking, canoeing, sea kayaking, hunting, fishing, and golfing. Greg is a periodic guest host of The Maine Outdoors radio show on 103.9 FM at Blueberry Broadcasting in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday nights at 7:00 p.m. Wolf Runner is his first book. |
CABIN FEVER RELEIVER 2026
Just an update we are in the planning stages for the 2026 Fever show with the date confirmed for February 28th.We have already started updating the CFR pages on exhibitors, speakers and more Upcoming Events Fly Tying Demonstration We have ended the casting at meetings for the year and now we will be having a member tying at the meetings so watch here for info on the tyer and fly The chosen member tying will be Don Corey tyer extraordinaire and shop owner of the well-known fly shop Annika Rod and Fly more details to follow. What do you want?
If you have something that you would like to see the club do, please let us know. If it is some type of class or speakers or 'something else Casey Shannon our Vice President has stepped up and is handling the speaker schedules. Please contact him with any suggestions you may have. Jill Martell newsletter editor Thanks for stepping up!!! Now it's time for members to step up. If you have any inputs photos, stories, articles information etc..., please submit to her via email. Deadline should be the Wednesday prior to the next meeting, or last Wednesday of the month. submissions may be sent to newsletter@penobscotflyfishers.com We hope to be adding some things to the newsletter that members will find interesting and useful. Free Raffles Also, the club will be having free raffles of books, fly rods, reels tying equipment and all you have to do is come to a meeting and get a raffle ticket. Then you will have a chance to win the raffle item What your missing by not attending[email protected]
The menu for this month’s Dinner Jan and her crew will be preparing This month’s dinner will be smothered beef with a vegetable, salad, rolls, and dessert. Having dinner at the club meeting is not required for attendance. Tea, coffee, and dessert is also part of the dinner. Members, please let us know who or what you would like at the next couple of meetings. Contact the club at: [email protected] A little bit of what you miss by not attending meetings Election of Officers
We elected all officers and two board members at the December meeting. These are the people elected beginning Jan 2025 President Alden Brown Vice President - Steven Mogul Treasurer - Donald Corey Secretary Ernie MacDonald Director - Dan Goshen Director - Bob Jardine Thanks to all who stepped up to help the club. |
FMI contact "[email protected]"
Our mailing address is:
Penobscot Fly Fishers
P.O. Box 651
Brewer, ME 04412
Our regular, monthly meetings are on on the first Wednesday of each month. Meal is prepared by PCCA members, is always delicious and is available for purchase $15. Meal purchase is optional - please come to the meeting even if you don't want to purchase the meal.
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 "[email protected]"
Our mailing address is:
Penobscot Fly Fishers
P.O. Box 651
Brewer, ME 04412
FMI contact "[email protected]"
Our mailing address is:
Penobscot Fly Fishers
P.O. Box 651
Brewer, ME 04412
Upcoming Events
Things to look forward to are Fly Tying Symposium, Club Member Tying, Cafin Fever Reliever, Fly Fishing 101 & more. Watch here for more details. click here for more events
