Address: 55 Groton St. Pepperell, MA 01463  ~  Phone: 978.433.4910

November 2024 Update

To my loyal & valued customers,

Recent fishing trips have been met with mixed results.

October 14th & 15th – the closeout of the season in NH was spent in Pittsburg, NH. — rain and snow were the order of the day(s). We caught enough fish to satisfy our urge for a “tug”. Rainbows, browns, brookies & salmon were stuck with sharp objects. Three of us had fun, many laughs and ate great food.

October 27th — trip to Waterbury, VT. and Northfield, VT. to fish 2 difficult rivers before the closeout on 10/31/24. Absolutely no luck!! Didn’t see a fish. Drove 7 hours which was foolish and unplanned. Vermont is like us in that it has NO WATER in the streams and rivers. Did find a fabulous apple pie of which I made ownership!! All was not lost. Broke my cardinal rule — never drive in a day more than I spend time fishing — lesson learned AGAIN.

The wader sale is continuing at the shop until December 31st – I am super stocked with all models of Redington waders. Don’t miss out on the 20% sale – 22% with cash. I have been wearing Redington waders for 8+ years and could not be happier with their performance. If you purchase a pair of Korkers wading boots at the same time, I will take another 5% off the total purchase price.

Selected fly rods – all sizes are also on sale. Now is the time to upgrade your equipment with sale pricing. Step in to see the lineup of rods on sale.

Need a new tying vise? Want to upgrade your tools? Need a new super sharp pair of scissors? – I have over 200 pairs of various super scissors to choose from. Tying season is upon us. Stop in to see the array of choices.

Pat Perkins — In addition to building a superb bamboo rod is now doing restorations on all types of bamboo rods. If you have a bamboo rod and it is in need of repair, please contact the shop for details.

Thank you & See you on the water,

Charlie Shadan


If you have excess fly-tying materials — hooks, feather, beads, please bring them into the shop. We are going to begin a monthly donation to Project Healing Waters Fly Tying program. Myself and Jon Sweatman will coordinate getting these materials to the program each month.

Thank you for your kindness to these veterans.


So You Think You Know Everything?

The ESFS will be running every month interesting factoids…

The average person in the United States will eat about 15 pounds of turkey this year.