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Nick Hebert and his friend Clayton Mason recently traveled from their homes in Massachusetts to northern Maine to fly fish for brook trout.
Hebert and Mason camped in the North Maine Woods and landed multiple brookies Sunday morning.
The anglers targeted the pond much like bass fishermen work shorelines in summer, but with 5-weight fly rods and top water flies, including the home tied mouse pattern featured in this video.
“We like to spend as much time exploring Maine as we can and are always looking forward to the next trip,” Hebert said.
The pair usually fish the Katahdin region in spring and the Moosehead area in fall. Hebert said they have explored everywhere from the western mountains to the potato and blueberry fields of northeastern Maine.
“Every part is beautiful,” he said.