Photo Courtesy of Western Maine Guide Service
BETHEL Laurin Parker loves fly fishing. His favorite part is going out in the early morning when it’s still dark outside, and going to a region that’s so deserted he’s the only human there.
From there, he observes everything around him before he begins.
He looks at the tracking pattern so he can mimic it. He wades out into the mouth of a river sporting a headlamp. In the mornings, it’s warmer, evenings a bit chilly.
He’s alone, and it is silent.
“(It’s a) place I have to myself,” Parker says, who stays away from crowds fishing in the Rumford to Durham area.