Welcome to the website of the Upper
Andro Anglers Alliance. The UAAA is
comprised of local guides and
interested business owners whose
goal is to promote the Upper
Androscoggin River as a valuable
natural and economic resource to
everyone living on and near it.
This
site will provide a history of the
river, maps, listings for guides,
lodging, dining as well as keep you
informed about events and news.
Upper Andro
Anglers Alliance and Telstar High School
Students to Clean Up Androscoggin River
As part of
National River Cleanup, members of the Upper
Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the
Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High
School in Bethel, Maine will clean up a
section of the Androscoggin River from
Gilead to Bethel on Thursday, May 15. Twenty
students, ages 16-18, will float down the
river in rafts armed with garbage bags and
towing garbage scow rafts to collect debris
along the riverbanks. One clean-up flotilla
will launch at 9 am from the Gilead bridge
and take out at Newt’s Landing in West
Bethel and a second group will launch at 9
am from West Bethel and take out at Davis
Park in Bethel.<<read
more>>
Fly-Fishing Film “The One” Now
Available On DVD
After a standing room only premiere
of “The One” at The Bethel Inn this
February, the film is now available
on DVD. Sun Valley Sports in Bethel,
Aardvark Outfitters in Farmington
and the Maine Guide Fly Shop in
Greenville are all retailing “The
One”. It is available for sale on
line by
following this link.<<<read
more>>>
State
of Maine Record Rainbow Caught by
Steve Day on Upper Andro
The Upper Andro area is a peaceful
and tranquil area with great scenery
and a diverse opportunity of fishing
choices for all who come to try
their luck.
On the morning of June 5th at
approximately 9:30 a.m., I caught my
second fish of the morning while
throwing a white Zonker from my 9.6
ft spin rod. This huge Rainbow trout
was one of 12 that I landed this day
between Gilead and Bethel but I knew
immediately that it was much bigger
than what I expected to catch that
day.
After a 15 minute fight including
three long runs and several shorter
ones, with a couple of jumps and
cartwheels, the huge Rainbow was
brought to hand. The length and
girth of the fish was 24" x 14.5"
and weighed in officially at 6.52
lbs. When it was officially weighed
9 hours later the huge Rainbow broke
the record by a half pound.
Steve Day
Madison Me
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New York Sun
travel and outdoor writer Jay Akasie covers
the Upper Androscoggin River as a top
fishing destination.
Read it here.
Once famous for its filth, the upper
Androscoggin might yet become an
angling destination — if only it can
get better press coverage.
BY ROBERTA SCRUGGS
T-shirt weather in early spring is
always rare and precious in Maine,
but there's no better way to enjoy
it than floating down a beautiful
river. The trees are bare, but the
sunshine warms everything it
touches, including the clear waters
of the Androscoggin River.
That's right. The Androscoggin. The
river once famous for its dirty,
smelly, polluted water now looks,
smells, and fishes like an L.L. Bean
commercial — and has become a media
darling to boot....read
more>>>
Bethel, Maine
and the BIG Adventure Center were the
locations for the 2007 Free Family Fishing
Festival. With showers on Friday night, I
was fearful of another rainy day for the
Family Fishing Festival but that wasn’t to
be. The weather treated us all to a
fantastic day of gentle breezes, glorious
sunshine and tons of kids and adults to
enjoy loads of fun.
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a vacation to Bethel, Maine.
Many anglers come for the trout, but this
underutilized Maine river gives up
smallmouths, too.
The 4-inch salty stick worm had barely
touched down when a dark shadow rose from a
crevice between granite boulders. As the
shadow materialized into a smallmouth bass,
it launched upward and snatched the lure.
The fish
responded to the hookset like any
respectable river smallie should — it went
airborne. After four jumps and several
drag-pulling runs, I secured a
thumb-and-forefinger lock on the lower lip
of the 2-pounder, held it up for my
companions to see and then immediately
released it.
Capturing an
explosive smallmouth on my first cast from a
river I never fished before is exhilarating.
However, in this instance the credit goes to
Master Guide Sandy MacGregor for putting me
on a great spot in Maine’s Androscoggin
River....read
more
Story Introduction and all
Photographs by Milt Inman
Float
Stocking
Gilead,
Maine
April 20,
2006
Milton
Inman
People are
gathered here in Gilead, Maine on the banks
of the beautiful Androscoggin River, that
just a few short years ago was on the list
of the ten most polluted rivers in the U. S.
Now it is one of the finest and most scenic
clear water rivers in the country.
With the combined efforts of the Maine
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Fish Hatcheries Division, Retired Game
Wardens, Trout Unlimited, Guides and members
of other interested groups, make this new
method of stocking fish work.....read
the rest!
Another float stocking event is
scheduled for May 23 from Gilead to
Bethel beginning 9 a.m. in Gilead.
More info here.
