Mainely Stoopid Outdoors

we go over the catskills and rangeley area fishing areas and some lessons learned, a scott rod was sacrificed and hopefully soon put back in one piece lol. hope you guys have been getting out on the water and wet a line. be a friend and tell a friend!

This week we are headed on some adventures so we released the episode early and we are gonna go get after it! hope you all find time to chase some fish or tie some flies! be a friend tell a friend!

Welcome back to a fan favorite guest Mr. Aaron Broaddus, som great fishing talk, getting ready for the year tips and tricks, some other general fishing information and knot tying, alot of chatting about how TU is helping out IFW and the progress hopefully to be made in the western maine area.a good podcast to get you ready to get out this year fishing if you havent already gotten out!

we are back after a few busy weeks! catching up on the last events and looking forward to getting out on the water, lots of tying happening and some organizing of fly boxes. come hang out! be a friend tell a friend!

This episode starts off with a little local housekeeping, then get in to how to pack you bags and things to be thinking about now for your bags/packs/vests, now is the time to make sure everything is ready for that first day out. talk about some boat modifications, then we go back off the rails at the end. just as expected! be a friend tell a friend, cheers!

we saddle up to the microphones for a quick wednesday podcast, getting ready to get out there and ready to fish. april is the next month, time to start getting the gear out of the closets and re-filling the boxes. eldredge bros open house and the fly fishing film fest wrap up march and toss us into an amazing spring fishing season. tight lines!

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we recap the fishing vacation, get ready for spring fishing, get some new gear on the lists to buy for the upcoming year. some new fishing plans, all the good stuff you have come to love from maines #1 fly fishing podcast!

This week we chat about the week that was the last one. fly tying classes, new reels, some fly shop purchases, how to clean a reel in the salt... then we go everywhere we normally do and didnt want to dissapoint our viewers and chat about fly fishing and fly tying plans for the year.

lets here your top three destinations, whether its for targeted species or more the location and the fish it holds. got the fly fishing film fest coming up march 27 in dover NH! then a whole bunch of shooting the shit this week, let us know what else your interested in hearing about.

we get into a little bit of everything this week... we got some dog altercations, we got some fishing planning, some ice fishing questions, some local fly fishing warranty chatter, vacation planning in montana. all of it that you have come to love and expect from maines premier fly fishing podcast!

what a weekend, 14 inches of snow and a fly fishing show... it went as expected, actually we may have been optomistic in how the show was going to go.... NJ or no where next year, just cancel the mass one. its terrible. then some small engine chatter and some regular ole bullshit to wrap up the episode. its a long one this week! so saddle up and dive in to your favorite maine fly fishing podcast out there!

Quick re-cap of the vendors and plans for the fly fishing show. some weather rolling in to the northeast this weeks finally! maybe some snow, ice is forming, almost time to get out on the hard.

Maines best fly fishing podcast, we do our year looking forward. planning some trips and planning what to do for the 2024 fishing season. Let us know your goals!

This week we are heading into the christmas weekend! hope everyone gets good stuff from santa! fly fishing show is coming up soon too! get out and spread some holiday cheer!

Episode two of the year kicks off with a bang! we are back ready to get after it! hell of an ending, we get deep, you need someone there is someone out there for ya! Hell leave us a voice memo and we can hit ya back! be a friend tell a friend!

We kick off the new season of Maines best fly fishing episode! deer hunt chat, some duck hunting, fly fishing plans for 2024. Lets have a wonderful christmas season!

Joined by one great dude this week! Capt. Kyle Schaefer from Maine, we get into all the different things hes into, with conservation, the Soul Fly lodge in the Bahamas, fishing local, and making memories, one cast at a time, was an awesome time having Kyle Join and hopefully get some more time with him in the future. a busy guide and even busier lodge owner, if you want to learn more about anything in this episode reach out to @soulflylodge or @captkyleschaefer on instagram!

We cover the recap of the moose hunt and chat about the recent happenings, BIIIIIIG episode next week! stay tuned and be a friend tell a friend!

Huey is off to the north maine woods to bag a cow. send him some good luck texts and good vibes.

welcome to the second in one week you lucky SOB's we preview some terrible music.... chat about hunting and fishing and we get ready for the hugh moose hunt! be a friend tell friend.

This week we got the chance to link up with the one the only Greg Labonte of Maine fly guys and chat about the big news and products coming to you from them for the best prices you will find. a really greaet convo that sparks some follow up after Greg had to sign off, drop by maineflyguys.com and check out their new rods, all the flies they carry and pick up some of those essentials before you forget about them and need them next spring!

This week we chat about a nice trip up fly fishing in maine on the heritage waters of the state, some redsox in boston at fenway, and why the hell do we still sell barbed hooks especially for fly fishing.

we got new gear, rods were sold and rods were bought, check out greg @ with maine fly guys for the hook up on some absolute beauty 5wts, garrett pulled the scott trigger. the scott centric is no joke.... a good trip to the farmington, Hugh is sad he is missing a rangeley trip.... and just some good banter as always that youve come to love.... if you have a kid that needs a lifetime fishing license hit us up!! be a friend, tell a friend, Thanks!

we are into the thick of it, hurricanes are coming, we wanna be fishin, hopefully can make a shot down to the farmington. catch up after the Fly Fishing Czar Tom interview and a low key quick podcast. hope you enjoy, be afriend tell a friend.

well you loyal listeners couldnt have expected this! we sat down with the man the myth and the legend Tom Rosenbauer, Orvis employee for 48 years joins us to discuss the current state of fly fishing, things he would like to focus on if he were commissioner. We chat for an awesome 75 minutes and we hope you enjoy! we had an absolute awesome time and could have kept going for the next 20 hours asking questions and swapping fishing stories, Cheers and thanks for listening, be a friend tell a friend!

what a mainely stoopid fly fishing show we got this week! Garrett only needs allergy medicine when he works, i think that says alot.... bunch of fishes caught, heck of a weekend for chasing stripers, some frustrations, some good stuff, a good recap episode.

This week was a quick one! Hugh got into the bass, Garrett has yet to be fishing since night shift. plans to fish are ramping up. need to get after a striper for hugh. We got some good stories, hugh gets on another rant... and we have a good time, thanks for checking us out and listening and interacting. hit us up on instagram or fb if you want to hear some hot takes, or get some tips/tricks. be a friend, tell a friend.

we got a rough start to this one. got some fun stories of attempts to be on the water lately... Hugh is a felon and Garrett met the harbormaster... so yeah just your typical week here with Mainely Stoopid Outdoors, shoutout to all the new listeners, i wish i could tell you it gets better... but i think we peaked.

welp, this is getting released 5 days after we recorded it... Garrett went on vacation and dropped the ball here so we chatted, neither of us remember a dang thing that we talk about this episode so listen along and enjoy! Be a friend and tell a friend!

This weeks episode was on a weather delay, lack of electrons prevented us from recording Wednesday night! but you wanna hear this one, a two day trip with Aaron Broaddus of Headin North Guides Service out of Rangeley, it was amazing time, great fishing, awesome time all around. was an eventful trip that you have to listen to appreciate! Thanks for listening be a friend and tell a friend.!

we are back in action, fresh off the surgery, big girls are here, and hugh wants to know who tells the big stripers that the regulations change so they are safe! a bunch of random talking over the weeks we been gone, some upcoming trips soon, and a lot of days on the water! Tight lines and good times! cheers!

what a week, we start with a bit of a recap of the latest weeks fishing adventures, drag settings are a real thing.... then we obviously go off topic down some rabbit holes, how bout that submarine... thats a one way ticket to NOPE for us. then we find out HUGH could be the STATE RECORD holding fly fisherman for a Pollock on a fly rod! how about it! thanks for coming and listening to this, be a friend and tell a friend!

Hugh is continuing his hot streak and picks up a cow Moose tag in the great state of maine for the 2023 moose hunting season! we go over the fishin from the week before, some upcoming fishing adventures and get into the age ole cumberland farms is the degenerate bat symbol for all miscreants. Check out Colter Wall if ya havent!

This week, we took a trip down to the farmington for some brown trouts, we fished stripers around portsmouth,nh and get into some boat talk, gear talk, and the normal shenanigans. Be a friend and tell a friend.

What a fucking weekend! some great fishing stories from the weekend, some close calls with the boat trailer, CHECK YOUR BEARINGS! Salmon caught this weekend up in gods country. Get a chance everyone needs to experience that part of Maine. New fly rods are being researched. First week of fishy thursdays! getting after stripers! maybe a trip to the farmington river this coming weekend! Should be a good time. Hope you enjoy the weekend! Be a friend tell a friend!

We got boats fixed, wheelers fixed, fish caught, PB BROOKIES caught, what a fucking week! Hugh got some free glasses, its a fucking good week to be a mainely stoopid listener! come hang out, be a friend and tell a friend!

Fish have been caught! Hugh is on the board with browns, Garrett caught brookies, big guest next week! we catch up. projects arent happening but maybe soon. just a bullshitting episode with some good fish talk.

water is down bugs are out and fish are here lets fucking go! we got boats coming along, we got four wheelers going back together, we got found fly fishing bags! and a NEW FUCKING NET! lets fucking go, get out there and wet a line!

This week we get ready for fishing season, even though we got rivers flooding, some gear was lost.... its a long story, repowering of the bearded ox may be coming soon! trying to get some information to share with the listeners about the new striper regulations! It was a good episode and you should definitely listen to more of maines best fly fishing podcast with no plans, no schedule and a very loose idea to be a podcast.

We are back, on the vises, chatting chopping it up, talking bout the weather... RAIN SUCKS, spring plans... boats need to get ready, maine has native PICKEREL.... there is to much to list here ya'll just gonna have to listen and have your mind blown! Be a friend... tell a friend... lets have a great week!

Hugh makes the maiden yak voyage, claims a bite, we are still waiting on the first landing in the yak, four wheelers are in pieces, but that doesnt matter because the striper sled is outta the barn and getting ready for the summer! we talk some tying talk, new AHREX hooks are sweet, their packaging is the best, no damn staples! its play off hockey time, the bruins are trying to cap off a historic season! tim cook figure out auto updates will you please!

Fishing season is here, its warm out, we hit some local waters chasing trout this week, not much success, other than buying new gear, Orvis is out and Simms is in for the slings packs. Fishpond just sounds second class doesn't it? Hugh is headed in the kayak after then trouts, we chat about the fly fishing film tour where Hugh was the big winner on door prizes! a solid weekly episode of your favorite degenerate fly fishing podcast. be a friend and tell a friend.

This week we catch up on zoom, fishing season is open, neither of us have fished... we talk about tying, some plans for fishing for the spring. some good fly fishing chats with some local news. trying to wrap up some last minute projects for the fishing season. Maine fly fishing is open and ready to rock for the year, get out there and wet a line!

we werent sure Hugh was gonna make it this episode! we have the EBFS open house, it was an outstanding show! great to see everyone. Hugh was happy to meet listeners he doesnt remember... chat about some new fly reels, a new youtube tying channel and a whole bunch more! April first is almost here ! get out and wet a line!

well folks were back with a brand new episode jsut a day after getting another lovely dumping of snow.... people update fb group posts is not allowed per HBM anymore! we got the eldredge brothers fly show coming up! Garrett is upta something! we hope you enjoy it and have a great listen! be a friend, tell a friend! 

we are getting closer! maine open water fly fishing is opening in 28 days! things are coming together quick! we got fly rods being bought, kayak fishing trips in the chamber ready to go. no fish is safe! pretty sure ice fishing is done. were onto flyfishing, Hugh is tying up some trout snacks, we get into what we like to tie for flies and why. thanks for listening! be a friend tell a friend.

This episode we settle in the with the one and only Aaron Broaddus! we chat techinque, learning, growing the sport, some random IFW discussion, and some education! was a great time with Aaron in studio! and can not wait to do it again soon! 

We go over some maine ice fishing from free fishing weekend! then go into the state record logs and start checking what we want to try and take down! some local ponds down here in southern maine have produced some of the largest fish yet! pretty cool to look back in the history of maine outdoors and see what they had caught and kept record of from back in the day! Hugh gets a quick lesson in coffee ordering at the end of the episode... lets just say i dont think he took any notes...