Join Sebago TU for our February meeting at 7pm at the Fireside Inn & Suites, Portland!
Lou and Lindsey Zambello will present: A Patagonia Fly-fishing, Birding, and Trekking Adventure - Lou and Lindsey find giant rainbow and brown trout, volcanos, glaciers, condors, penguins, and guanacos.
The presentation includes videos of the largest freshwater trout the Zambello’s have caught anywhere in the world, unique bird species, and dramatic topography.
Lou Zambello has fly fished northern New England for over 30 years and has been a registered Maine Guide for over 15 years, guiding primarily in the Rangeley area. His e-mail is louzambello@gmail.com. Check out his website which contains his blog, photos, videos, and more at www.mainelyflyfishing.com. Follow him on Instagram @mainelyflyfishing.com
Lou has published three books; "Fly Fishing Northern New England's Seasons, How to fish ice-out, hatch season, summer, the fall spawning run, and winter. (with new bonus section on catching trophy-sized fish", "Flyfisher's Guide to New England", and "In Pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout: The Ultimate Handbook of Tactics, Timing, and Territory." The first is a "how-to" book of tactics and techniques to successfully fish each of the seasons. The second is a guide to thousands of waters in New England - with maps, GPS coordinates, and detailed information. The third is written for anglers looking to catch the fish of a lifetime and describes how, when, and where to catch a trophy brook trout or landlocked salmon.
Lou also writes a bi-monthly flyfishing column for The Maine Sportsman Magazine and has written for Eastern Fly Fishing magazine and American Angler.
Lou worked at LLBean for over 14 years and had the opportunity to fish with and learn from a number of fly fishing legends such as Dave Whitlock and Dick Talleur. He has traveled throughout the US and the world to pursue his passion including New Zealand, Patagonia, Labrador, Newfoundland, Russia, the Bahamas, the southeast US, southwest US, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and California. This author has been fortunate enough to catch a number of salmonids over 8 pounds including brook trout, atlantic salmon, brown trout, steelhead, and rainbow trout.
Lou gives fly-fishing presentations around the United States at fly-fishing shows, Trout Unlimited chapter meetings, fly-shops, and other fishing club events.
Dr. Lindsey Rustad is a climate change scientist working for the U.S. Forest Service who speaks about climate change topics all over the world, most recently in Brazil. She has traveled and fly fished all over the United States, the Bahamas, New Zealand, and Chile.