So get out and enjoy this terrific October weather. I love the Autumn season more then any other! Great hayrides to the pumpkin patch are available at places like Harvest Hill Farms on route 26 in Mechanic Falls, Maine along with their Haunted Nightly Hayrides,  or head over to Cranmore Ski Report in North Conway and hop on board the chairlft to the top of the mountain for their “Haunted Ghoullog”-worth the trip. JW

I love apples, just about every kind and this coming Sunday, September 11, it’s Apple Sunday across Maine with orchards  featuring special events & activities for the entire family. Go for it! You can find lots of info about orchards all over maine  at www.maineapples.org!

Hey all of you Fly Fishermen & Fly Fisherwomen, you can still sign on for the 4th Annual Upper Andro Two-Fly Tournament on September 16th. Go to the website for information but I have to say that this is a great event and helps support the continuing effort of many dedicated individuals in making the Androscoggin one of the best fisheries in the state! I’ve competed every year ith my Grandson Tyler, who won the inaugural tournament with a nice 2 pund, 19 inch Brown Trout! look forward to seeing you there! JW

Destinations are everywhere..geat Fall fishing at Grants camps & as soon as October arrives, it’s Cast & Blast for Trout, Salmon & Birds! And I love white water rafting in the fall..it’s cooler and exhilerating and you cannot beat the spectacular colors, so head north to the Forks & Northern Outdoors!

Did I mention the fairs, including the Oxford County Fair, the Common Ground Fair, the Fryeburg Fair and then coming up on the 15th through the 17th of September, I haul out my considerable Scottish roots, grab my Irish honey and head for the Highland Games at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH!

See you there laddie & lassies JW

Hey travelers,

Don’t miss my destination reports every day! check out Dylan & Leon Russell(please don’t tell me you don’t know who Leon Russell is), a couple of iconic legends from the 60′s in Bangor on August 20th..coming up this Saturday get into Rickie Lee Jones at LL Beans Discovery Park Concert Series-free!

The white water rafting in the Forks and especially at Northern Outdoors is beyond awesome rght now-get your butt up there and get some wet and wild fun in! After the river head for the brew pub at the lodge-I do it all the time! www.northernoutdoors.com You know I wouldn’t lie to you!

Best-JW

C’mon, head north to Northern Outdoors. The water is great so are the temps and mid-week’s the best time to white water raft. Also, Grant’s Camps onKennebago in the Rangeley region are offering great family get aways for “cheap” with fly fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking nd just plain relazing in the woods.

I like it, how about you!

Hi again..ever been to Northern Outdoors in the Forks of Maine. It’s about time. Russell and the gang offer true outdoor excitement with White Water Rafting on the Kennebec, Penobscot & Dead Rivers. The best in the East! I love it up there and the lodge and a cold brew after a great day on the river suits me just fine!

And across and down to the Rangeley area, Grants Camps on Kennebago is in the midts of one of the best seasons in years with the Hex on the fly, you know the really BIG Mayflies and the trout and Salmon are devouring them. I’ll be at Grants to talk all about it this weekend with owner John Blunt. Did I say talk? I mean fish!

See you there!

Hey everybody..I had probably one of the best weekends of fly fishing in my life up at Kennebago Lake outside of Rangeley at Grants Camps..when owner John Blunt said the fishing was tremendous, he wasn’t kidding…everything was on top and we were using Hendricksons, Blue Olive, Caddis and the Brook Trout and Salmon..unbelievable!

The trout averaged between a foot and up to 17 inches and they were hitting the flies with authority..having the opportunity to talk fly fishing with someone like John Blunt is always a treat..great food, good conversation and spectacular results..go to Grantscamps.com and get on that lake!  JW

Grants at Kennebago..some nice fish…I’m recommending a Black Ghost for your streamer and a Henrickson for that May Fly imitator…how about white water rafting in some epic water?…try Northern Outdoors in the Forks..it’s a hoot and a good time too…been there done that!

John

Just back from Grants Camps on Kennebago Lake in the Rangeley region..fantastic fishing..brook trout, salmon, brown trout..great meals, great boats and a superb setting-check em’ out!

I’ll be heading to Northern Outdoors soon for the White water Rafting gig’..great wet & wild fun on the Penobscot & Kennebec Rivers..epic high water..the best in the east-take a look at Northern Outdoors in the Forks of Maine!

Are you a masochist? Or just one of those adventure fanatics? Our friends at New Hampshire Motor Speedway are hosting the Renegade Playground Challenge this Saturday..mucking through the mud, ponds, tunnels over the “Freakin’ Big Hill” with live music & beer too! Check this one out!

Hi all..I do outdoor adventure reporting for a living so don’t mind me if I spout off about Grants Kennebagpo Camps just outside of Rangeley, Maine in the Wilson Mills area. Pristine lake..legendary river..landlocked salmon, brook trout and brown trout..all native..no stocking here! Grants have been around since the mid 1800′s and I’ve been going there most of my 59 years. Superb accomodations and yet still rustic. Great food, three times a day! Did I mention the fishing…tie on a black ghost and dive this time of the year. I took out an 8 pound brown five years ago and look for more of that this weekend! What do you think? Go to grantscamps.com