The Maine Experience VideoHi Speed Only
In case you don’t know, I love Maine. I will never leave. With that being said, I love to share Maine with my closest fly fishing buddies. Maine is much more than a fly fishing destination. It is a total experience. Especially for the fly fisherman. My friend, Dave (Headrush999) decided to come up to Maine and fly fish. So, I decided to do it right. We spent the first day on the salt flats and then ventured all over the state of Maine in search of Trout/Salmon. We fly fished some of the worlds most magnificent waters. Dave enjoyed every minute and I know for certain that it will be an experience that he will remember for the rest of his life. I know this because, it was an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. We caught countless fish, had phenomenal weather and found ourselves in picture perfect locations. On top of all that, I caught the best fish of my life. When you look back on all of the fish you have tricked with a fly, try to think of the best experience. You will surely piece together many variables that seemed to come together. All of those variables, when condensed into a total experience are usually the factors that determine a fish of a lifetime. So, I will try to explain why this fish was my “best fish ever.”
We arrived at the river. Blue skies, warm air and cool water. The crystalclear water was filled with trout of all different sizes and types. There were a few fly fisherman standing in the obvious pool and casting repeatedly to the same fish. I joined them for a few minutes, but then decided to move and forgoe the smaller trout. See, I had a score to settle with a fish from last season and I knew exactly where he would be. So, I ventured downstream. Waded through the water and scaled the boulder. I positioned myself perfectly and checked all of my knots. I stripped line off my reel and there was no need for a useless graceful cast. I simply roll casted my fly line into the throat of the run. I mended my line as the cone head wooly bugger and wet fly tumbled through the current. I slowly raised my rod tip at the end of the drift and tried to immitate an emerger. It worked. The big brown fell for it. Just as the wooly bugger was coming out of the water, he ate the trailing wet fly. He was not too happy about falling for my trickeries. In fact he was pissed. He put his nose down and swam cross river. My reel screeemed and I was into my backing in no time. I yelled, “Hey Dave, I got him! I got the big dog!” Dave immediately starts sprinting down river, because he knew what I was talking about. I had told him about the monster Brown Trout that wrapped me around a log last season. I stood on the boulder with my rod double over and then the fish hit the fast water and he was gone! I don’t mean off the hook I mean swimming fast. Real fast. I was nearing the end of my backing and I had two options. Snap this fish off or chase him. In an instant I decided to chase him. God only knows how I got down that rock, crossed the river and then ran downstream over boulders and trees and through shallow and deep trenches. My shoe laces became untied and I was dripping with sweat. I was busting through pine trees and shrubbery. This fish was still on. Dave was up on the trail looking down and following me all the way. We finally got the fish in another pool way downstream and he was tired. Dave tailed the fish. We took a few photos and released him. I stood there with sweat pooring down my face and panting from the epic battle. This Brown Trout was, to date, the best fish that I have ever caught. I will always remember everything about that fish. Of course, I will be trying to top that fish for the remainder of my days and it may happen tomorrow or never. Regardless that Brown Trout is, for me, the essence of fly fishing.
You guys are nuts!
That is fantastic. I am really amazed by all of that and cannot wait to see it all for myself. I am flipping out over here.
That is very cool, I am extremly jeolus yet very very happy for you guys and very impressed. I can only imagine.
Now excuse me while I get my kleenex box
Amazing guys, truely amazing.
Austin
dude I’m shaking with adrenaline just reading about it…it was my best fish ever too, and I didn’t even catch it
You’ve done it again! What an awesome week of fly fishing guys. I love the fact you had a score to settle from last season and actually came out on top! Well Done.
Great video fellas. All those fish were something else. Glad to see that Dave had a successful trip. Jeremy that was a mammoth brow. Nice work..
thanks everyone,
thanks everyone…i have watched the video over and over again…for me…i have really come to enjoy the photo/videography and taking the content and piecing it together in a way that is unique to the experience.
i am so glad that you guys all like the work…and it is so cool to see you guys capturing and producing similiar works of art yourselves….in this digital age we have an opportunity that fly fishermen of previous ages never had….we have the ability to capture all of our experiences…now with that being said, once the novelty of being able to capture everything and anything wears off the only thing that is left is the ability to capture and produce quality content. there is a difference between a photo and a good photo. there is a difference between a video and a good video. also no two people see things the same…so it really excites me to see us all at the crossroads we are at. it is a good spot…see all fish look the same..so we have to use our creativity to take more intriquing photos/videos…we have to excercise our ability to see things that others don’t and take photos from different angles, with different light, under water, above water…..to me….i have come to enjoy the artistry associated with the imaging as much as the actual fly fishing. it is very cool to see flies and fins be a source of quality content and to have so many talented photographers, videoographers and writers. it is really an amazing thing when i fly fish with someone who is also talented with a camera beacause the go the extra mile to get the quality shots…the quality shots do not come easy and when i fly fish with someone like dave we both have the ability to capture the essence of our surrounding and our experiences. that is awesome and the end result can be seen in the video. dave was responsible for capturing so much of the content. we both had cameras and fly rods and we both worked as a team to capture and produce this multimedia. like i said, it does not come easy. dave, i appreciate your hard work and i hope that the end result is something that you will have to remind you of our phenomenal trip.
I look forward to seeing everyones work through the years and seeing the level of quality content keep getting better and better.
what a pleasure it was chasing fish and what a greater pleasure it is to see the end result…thanks once again jeremy…
everyone take a good look at jeremy’s expression in that photo of the brown trout. that is as real as a smile gets, i have never seen anyone get as amped up as you do about the ups and downs of angling. right on!!!!
Congratulations on your best fish ever! If my guess on your location is correct, you have me far beat on that stretch of river (as well as all the others). In fact, the last time I went there I was skunked and my buddy took an unplanned swim!
You are quite a fisherman.
Magnificent fish. What a way to end the perfect week of flyfishing in Maine. As always great video. My only critisism is why did you find it necessary to interupt the butterflies that were engaged in having sex…… Yes, Jeremy there are things to do other then fishing.
I appreciate your attitude towards topping that great brown, It may or may not happen but the reward for trying will be there either way. Great attitude…
jer and dave,
top quality trip for both of you and a great video and pics, congrats. yes, it takes 2 to film well. What a huge Brown! He didn’t come easy, that’s why he’ll be the tops for a long time.
An adventure you’ll remember!
And the music….wow, Is that you both also?
Wow you guys had a hell of a week on the water. Good times. Congrats on the brown Jeremy. And as always great video. Even some of those places are starting to look familar to me now also.
That was epic! Some of us don’t get that much quality fishing in a lifetime. Wonderful story and magnificent video Jeremy.
thanks rick…i really appreciate that…looking forward to coming out steelheading this fall…have you been fly fishing lately? i hope so…hope all is well.
All is well Jeremy, I haven’t been around much lately b/c work has been crazy. Things at work should ease up soon, and I’m going to reward myself with some nice fly-fishing trips, you can bet on it!
I still have a couple of things to post on fish tales, a video, and a story. I’ll do it when I can scratch out a music track for the video.