Brook trout explode on mouse flies in remote Maine pond

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 13, 2026

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 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.