October Gathering

6:00 pm - Social

6:30 pm - Chapter Business

7:00 pm - Guest Speaker:  Lou Zambello - "20 Awesome Places to Fly Fish in New England That You May Not Have Heard of or Tried"

8:15 pm - Adjourn

Non-members are welcome; please make a "Reservation" to assist us with planning.

 

Lou Zambello has fished all over northern New England for over 40 years and has been a registered Maine Guide for over 20 years, guiding primarily in the Rangeley area.  His email is louzambello@gmail.com.  Check out his website which contains his blog, photos, videos and more at www.maineflyfishing.com and Instagram @maineflyfishing.com

 

Lou has published three books; "Fly Fishing Northern New England's Seasons, How to fish ice-out, hatch season, summer, the fall spawning run, winter, with new bonus section, "How to catch trophy-sized fish","Flyfishers Guide to New England", and "In Pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout: the Ultimate Handbook of Tactics, Timing and Territory."  The first is a "how-to" book of tactics and techniques to successfully fish each of the seasons.  The second is a guide to thousands of waters in New England with maps, GPS coordinates and detailed information.  The third is for anglers looking to catch the fish of a lifetime and describes how, when and where to catch a trophy brook trout or landlocked salmon.

 

His fourth book, "I'll Be Home for Dinner Unless There's a Hatch: Reflections from the Water:  Writing, Guiding and Fly Fishing the World" is due for release at the end of the year.

 

Lou also writes a bi-monthly column for The Maine Sportsman Magazine and has written for Eastern Fly-Fishing magazine, Flyfishermen and American Angler.

 

Lou worked at L.L. Bean for over 14 years and had the opportunity to fish with and learn from a number of fly fishing legends such as Dave Whitlock and Dick Talleur.  He has travelled throughout the US and the world to pursue his passion including New Zealand, Patagonia, Labrador, British Columbia, Alberta, Newfoundland, Russia, the Bahamas, southeast US, southwest US, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah and California.  This author has been fortunate enough to catch a number of salmonids over 8 lbs including brook trout, Atlantic salmon, brown trout, steelhead, and rainbow trout.

 

Lou gives fly-fishing presentations at fly-fishing shows, Trout Unlimited chapter meetings, fly-shops and other fishing club events.  He fishes introductory fly-fishing courses for the Maine Fly Company in Yarmouth, Maine.