While many eastern Mainers will be heading to the University of Maine’s field house for the Eastern Maine Sportsman’s Show next weekend, there are other options that truly avid anglers can pursue to make a full weekend of it.

L.L. Bean will be holding its 14th annual Spring Fishing Expo on March 20-21 at its Freeport store, so outdoors enthusiasts can head to the Sportsman’s Show one day … and amble down to L.L. Bean on the other.

Among the featured events at the Expo:

. Fly-tying presentations by experts including Dave Klausmeyer, Bob Popovics, Warren Duncan, and Selene Dumaine.

. Distance-casting demonstrations by world champions Tim and Steve Rajeff.

. Antique fishing equipment appraisals.

. Women-only fly-casting clinics.

. Guest speakers including Jim Teeny, Harry Vanderweide, Rip Cunningham, Jerry Gibbs, and Barry Gibson.

. Fly-casting lessons and accuracy challenges with L.L. Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School instructors.

Abbot meeting to discuss fishing

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council member Ray Poulin, along with regional fisheries biologists Paul Johnson, Jeff Bagley and Allen Starr, invite all fishermen to join them to talk about fishing in Piscataquis County.

The meeting will be held at the Abbot town office at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

The program will begin with a short presentation of information that DIFW biologists have collected from area waters. Stocking recommendations for the coming year will be summarized, and biologists want to hear what anglers have to say about their fishing experiences, along with concerns and expectations.

The meeting is not a hearing, and no proposals for regulation changes are on the table. The meeting is just a chance to discuss fishing and share opinions on the past, present, and future of the area’s fisheries.

Author, artist Prosek to appear

Noted author, artist, and angler James Prosek will appear as a guest of the Izaak Walton League at a meeting on April 5 in Brewer.

Prosek will speak from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Penobscot County Conservation Association clubhouse off Route 9.

Prosek, who lives in Easton, Conn., published his first book when he was a 20-year-old junior at Yale University. That book, “Trout, an Illustrated History,” featured 70 paintings by Prosek and sold more than 80,000 copies.

His second book, “Joe and Me: An Education in Fishing and Friendship,” was also published before he graduated from Yale. He has since had more books published, including “The Complete Angler,” and “Fly-fishing the 41st.”

Primitive outdoor show set

The Ancient Ones of Maine, a pre-1840 Living History Club, will hold an outdoor sports and gun show on April 17-18 at the Augusta Armory.

The event will run from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday.

Gunmakers, blacksmiths, and traditional hand craftsmen will have booths, and knife and tomahawk throwing demonstrations will be held.

A pre-1840 live encampment will also be staged.

Exhibitors from sporting camps, shooting clubs, campgrounds, outdoor publications, and more will be at the show.

The admission price is $5 for adults, or $3 for those wearing 1600-1917 period costumes. For more information or to reserve a table, contact Ray Hamilton at 897-5058 or smokefromthewoods@hotmail.com, or David Corrigan at 672-4879 or fmo@midmaine.com.

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