Every year since 2004 I have kicked off the year doing two things I enjoy most,fly fishing and hanging with friends. 2009 was no exception, there was food, fishing, laughter and friends.

What is an Annual Freeze up? Well, it goes back six years. A few of us thought it would be fun to fish one of Maine’s year round streams on January 1st to kick off the New year right. We all brought food and some flies were given away in a drawing. If I remember correctly, there were  six of us. The river was pretty frozen except for a small trickle down the middle but, we made new friends and hung with some old. Six years later some of the same faces are still kicking in the new year with me. The last three years we have held it in Kennebunk at Roger’s pond on the Mousam river.

Here are some photos from 2009:

Good food

Jim presenting Sam with one big box of fly tying material

Fly tying

Friends

Winner of the fly casting contest Mal, A3 Scott fly rod

2009 Annual Freeze Up

First Annual Freeze Up 2004

I will see you January 3rd,2010.Same place same time

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