I am learning!

by Jun 4, 2015Maine Fishing

I am learning!

Slowly but surely, I am going to learn how to fly fish!  There is a blog coming (along with a couple turkey blogs) but until I can sit down and publish them… enjoy the view from the river.

We arrived about an hour after they released the water.
A little better!

1 Comment

  1. Born in the wrong Century on June 4, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    Erin, that is something I have always wanted to try but haven't. I did buy a fly rod though but that's as far as I got.

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