Maine TU Trout Camp 2012

[gaeronf]

This past week I attended the 2012 Maine TU Trout Camp. It was held in Solon, Maine from June 24th through June 29th. The camp is run by a man named Greg Ponte, who I had the pleasure of fishing with. I arrived late the first day, due to the fact that the camp started at 1, but I had to be somewhere in Pennsylvania at 11. We ended up leaving Pennsylvania around 12 or so and arrived at about 8. Fortunately enough I didn't miss too much. When I got there, we went over rules and other miscellaneous things for about 3 minutes. I was then allowed to put on my waders and go fishing. What a start to a week! There were a lot of different activities scheduled throughout the week, and each one was extremely interesting. There was a lot of rain, leaving us to not be able to fish a couple of the scheduled in fishing sessions. Anyways, I have over 20-some pictures and a video on there. So if you want to read the whole shabang, click here. Here's a couple:

 

[Heritage-Angler]

I like picture #2.

"Gaeron's Revenge". :lol:

That'll teach those fish to stop ignoring a well presented nymph!

 

[gaeronf]

Thanks Ed! That one's a good one! They sure learned their lesson after that! Remember the rain I was talking about?

Yep, backyard. There's other photos on the blog. I just don't want to clog up the server or whatever you techies call it!

 

[Heritage-Angler]

Wow - you weren't kidding. That'll make cutting the grass an adventure!

 

[albatross]

Don't tell me you went to Maine and have no brookie photos to share? Good stuff Gaeron!

 

[djs12354]

Nice post and great pictures on the blog!

 

[gulfgreyhound]

How would you compare the Atlantic to the Brown,fight wise?

 

[gaeronf]

Albatross-I have no Brookie photo's whatsoever! It's a shame, but now I'm back in PA, so it's too late. I'm glad I just got to visit Maine and attend the camp, the fish were a plus for me!

Gulf-From the photo's, the three fish all look about the same size. So I will just base my assessment off of the conclusion that they are. I thought that the Landlocked Salmon fought much harder than the browns did. I don't know if that's always true, but it was for me. Also, they are very acrobatic and "jumpy" up there. I would be standing and fishing, and 6 feet upstream of me a Salmon would jump clean 2' or so out of the water. It was remarkable.

 

[streamerguy]

Man that's one heck of a schedule! Sounds and looks like you had a great time. I was going to do the TU camp in Boiling Springs(my chapter pres. said I would of already been selected through some TU stuff), but I had prior committments so I couldn't do it. Really looks like fun. Those salmon had to have been cool.

 

[gaeronf]

streamerguy wrote:
Man that's one heck of a schedule! Sounds and looks like you had a great time. I was going to do the TU camp in Boiling Springs(my chapter pres. said I would of already been selected through some TU stuff), but I had prior committments so I couldn't do it. Really looks like fun. Those salmon had to have been cool.

The PA Camp in Boiling Springs was really fun too! I attended that one last year. I caught a lot more fish there, but it was a lot more classwork than Maine. Maine was a lot more hands-on. They are both great camps though!