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2013 Seminars are located on the Ball Room Level ~ A hand stamp is required to re-enter the show and the semiar room.

ROOM # 11

Friday, February 15th

1 PM      Tony Stetzko - Understanding What it Takes to Catch BASS from the SURF

2 PM       Captain Bill Brown - Sharking Made Simple

3 PM       Captain Bruce Millar - Capt. Bruce's Best Kept Secrets for Trophy Bass Revealed

4 PM       Armand Tetreault - Small Boat Inshore Tuna Fishing

Saturday, February 16th

11 AM     Captain Bruce Millar - Capt. Bruce's Best Kept Secrets for Trophy Bass Revealed

12 Noon  Greg Myerson, World Record Holder - Targeting Trophy Striper Bass sponsored by Eastern Boats

 1 PM     Tony Stetzko - Understanding What it Takes to Catch BASS from the SURF

 2 PM     Armand Tetreault - Small Boat Inshore Tuna Fishing

 3 PM     Iain Sorrell - Carp Fishing in & Around New England; Tips & Tricks to Successfuly Land One of These Great Fish

4 PM      Captain Bill Brown - Sharking Made Simple

Sunday, February 17th

11 AM        Greg Myerson, World Record Holder - Targeting Trophy Striper Bass sponsored by Eastern Boats

12 Noon     Tony Stetzko - Understanding What it Takes to Catch BASS from the SURF

  1 PM       Captain Bill Brown - Sharking Made Simple

   2 PM      Captain Bruce Millar - Capt. Bruce's Best Kept Secrets for Trophy Bass Revealed

   3 PM      Armand Tetreault - Small Boat Inshore Tuna Fishing

 ROOM # 12

Friday, Febraury 15th

1 PM      Captain Pete Meyer - Black Fishing Tactics & Techniques

2 PM      Al Gag - Special Rigs for Stipers, Fluke & Cod Fish

3 PM      Captain Greg Dubrule - Night Time Bass Fishing In the Race

4 PM      Iain Sorrell - Carp Fishing In & Around New England; Tips & Tricks to Successfully Lane One of These Great Fish

5 PM      Captain TJ Karbowski - Down Rigging for Striped Bass Success

Saturday, February 16th

11 AM      Iain Sorrell - Carp Fishign In & Around New England; Tips & Tricks to Successfuly Land One of These Great Fish

12 Noon   Captain John Planeta - Fluke Fishing the Mouth of the Connecticut River

  1 PM      Captain Peter Meyers - Black Fishing Tactic & Techniques

  2 PM      Al Gag - Special Rigs for Stripers, Fluke & Cod Fish

   3 PM     Captain Greg Dubrule - Night Time Bass Fishing In the Race

   4 PM     Captain TJ Karbowski - Down Rigging for Striped Bass Success

Sunday, February 17th

11 AM       Captain Pete Meyer - Black Fish Tactics & Techniques

12 Noon    Captain Greg Dubrule - Night Time Bass Fishing In the Race

  1 PM      Al Gag - Special Rigs for Stripers, Fluke & Cod Fish

   2 PM     Captain Pete Meyer - Black Fish Tactics & Techniques

  3 PM      Iain Sorrell - Carp Fishing In & Around New England; Tips & Tricks to Successfully Land One of These Great Fish

ROOM # 13

Friday, February 15th

1 PM       Jayson Allain - Hunting North American Black Bear

 2 PM      Del DelMastro - Discuss Big Game Bow Hunting with Del

 4 PM      Jayson Allain- Hunting North American Black Bear

 5 PM     Del DelMastro - Bow Hunting Antelope out West

Saturday, February 16th

11 AM     Del DelMastro - Bow Hunting Black Bears

12 Noon  Lane Benoit - Mountain Man Lane's Outdoor Wild Adventures Around the Country

  1 PM      Jayson Allain - Hunting North Americna Black Bear

  2 PM      Del Del Mastro - Bow Hunting Antelope Out West

  3 PM      Lane Benoit - Mountain Man Lane's Outdoor Wild Adventures Around the Country

  4 PM      Peter Picone - Unique Wildlife Observations While Hunting Deer & Turkey

Sunday, February 17th

11 AM     Lane Benoit - Mountain Man Lane's Outdoor Wild Adventures Around the Country

12 Noon  Del DelMastro - Discuss Big Game Bow Hunting with Del

   1 PM    Lane Benoit - Mountain Man Lane's Outdoor Wild Adventures Around the Country

   2 PM    Jayson Allain - Hunting North American Black Bear

Casting Demos - Casting Pond is located on the exhibition floor.

Marla Blair - Fly Casting Made Easy -

Friday 2 & 5 PM, Saturday 1 PM & 4 PM, Sunday 11 AM & 1 PM

Ted Lewis - Casting with Large Hairhead Flies

Saturday 12 Noon & 3 PM, Sunday 2 PM

Dave Brandt - Getting the Most out of Roll Casting

Friday 1 PM & 3 PM, Saturday 11 AM, 2 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 12 Noon

 TALONS!  Birds of Prey ~ 3 Flying Shows per day.  Please check at show for flight times.

Greg Myerson - sponsored by Eastern Boats

Saturday 12 Noon & Sunday 11 AM

 Fishing is hunting…

Greg Myerson, who caught the pending world record striped bass, an 81.88-pound female, on August 4, 2011, has been hunting fish and game for more than three decades.

Captain Pete Meyer - Black Fishing Tactics & Techniques

Friday 1 PM, Saturday  1 PM & Sunday 11 AM

Captain Pete Meyers holds a 100 ton masters license.  He runs his boat THE RUN Off year round.  The boat is in City Island, NY from mid May to mid November then it's off to Pt. Pleasant, NJ for the black fish bite till January.  The boat then goes south to Bald Head Island, NC for the winter. 

Captain Pete is also VP of operations for THE RUN Off Lure Company.  They make jigs from 1/8 of an oz. to 24 oz for every fish there is.  They manufacturer all the jigs with pride int he USA and have over 75 stores that carry their fine line of product.

Captain Pete has not only been fishing the western end of the Long Island Sound and Pt. Pleasant all his life, but has fished around the world.  Captain Pete has fished in over 30 countries and almost in every state that has water.  He has been on the G. Loomis Pro Staff for many years.  A long time IGFA, HRFA, FCA and salt water anglers member.  Captain Pete has won fishing tournaments in both the US as well as internationally.  Some of his many big fish are as follows; 928 lbs tuna, 879 lbs blue marlin, 758 lbs black marlin, 112 lbs white marlin, 178 lbs pacific sail  (on fly rod) 650 lbs sword fish, 52 lbs dolphin (on fly rod) 356 lbs halibut, 59 1/2 lbs strip bass and his all time best fish a 20 lbs 6 oz black fish! 

Captain Pete loves to teach about fishing to all age groups.  He goes up and down the east coast giving seminars all year round to all types of groups, fishing clubs and national outdoor show audiences.  Captain Pete specializing in children, both on the boat and talking to.  They are the future of both the fishing world and the world... he loves seeing kids catch their first fish.  Some of Captain Petes hobbies and interests are as follows; wine maker for 30 years, sausage making, golf, raquet ball, horse and dog training plus wine and cognac collecting. 

Lane and Zeb Benoit - Mountain Man Lane's Outdoor Wild Adventures Around the Country

Saturday 12 Noon & 3 PM, Sunday 11 AM & 1 PM

Lane is a 58 year old Mountain Man from Vermont , he is the son of legendry Larry Benoit , Lane has followed in his father’s footsteps becoming one of the top three world best deer hunters in the U.S.A. as proclaimed by Deer and Deer Hunting magazine, his tracking abilities are legendry ,Lane and his families videos, books and many publications in Outdoor Life, Sports Afield , Deer and Deer Hunting , North American Whitetail speak for itself.

Lane seminars make you feel as if you are reliving his hunts with him, they are informative and a learning experience for all ages and levels.

Captain TJ Karbowski

Captain TJ Karbowski is well known throughout the Long Island Sound fishing community for his trolling techniques using his trademark downriggers .  He targets outsized striped bass and bluefish using monofilament line, giving his customers a truly unique experience aboard his 41’ Hatteras charter boat “Rock and Roll”.  This light tackle approach, along with his ability to consistently put his customers on the fish, are the reasons why “Rock and Roll” is one of busiest charter boats on the Connecticut shoreline.  Captain TJ is a member of Stripers Forever, The Recreational Fishing Alliance and Treasurer of the Connecticut Charter and Party Boat Association.  Rock and Roll Charters is based out of Clinton, CT.    www.rockandrollcharters.com

Dave Brandt

Casting Demos ~ Getting the Most Out of Rollcasting
Friday 3 PM & 6 PM, Saturday 11 AM & 2 PM, Sunday 12 Noon

Dave Brandt grew up fishing in the Susquehanna River and over the years became interested in fly-fishing. He has taught at Joan Wulff’s Fly Fishing School for the last 21 years, has spent 30 years teaching with local Upper Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited and is a founding member of the Catskill Fly Tyers Guild and the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum in Livingston Manor, New York.

Fly fishing for trout and tying flies has taken him to places like Labrador, Argentina, England, Montana and many other states in the U. S., but he really enjoys being near the streams of the Catskills, where the birth of fly fishing began in this country in the mid 1800’s. Teaching the sport and tying flies has become his greatest joy and he is a nationally known and respected sportsman and advocate for fishing with a fly rod. Dave says, “Fly fishing is a multi-faceted sport and one you’ll never get to the end of”.

Marla Blair

Casting Demos ~ Fly Casting Made Easy
Friday 2 & 5 PM, Saturday 1 PM & 4 PM, Sunday 11 AM & 1 PM

Transplant from Southern California Lives in Ludlow, MA., with husband Tony Sarlan Substitute Teacher, Ludlow School District

Since 1993 has owned and operated Marla Blair’s Fly Fishing Guide Service & Instruction Top female, freshwater, Fly-Fishing Guide/Instructor for Western Mass. and North Western, CT. Author of “Positive Fly Fishing” published by Lyons Press FFF Certified Casting Instructor Endorsed by Albright Tackle Company, Simms Pro-Staff, Folstaf Endorsed, Chota Endorsed, Loon Products Endorsed Now hosting trips to Labrador, Alaska, and Patagonia, Chile Gives lectures, slide programs, casting demos at trade shows Presentations to fishing clubs, on east coast. Writes for Internet newspaper, MassLive.com, Woods & Waters USA, and more Member of: FFF (Federation of Fly Fishers), IWFF (International Women Fly Fishers) - Board Member Pioneer Valley Chapter TU - Program Director, Farmington River Angler’s Association, Quabbin Fishermen’s Association

Jayson "Jake" Allain

Friday 1 PM & 4 PM, Saturday 1 PM & 3 PM & Sunday 2 PM

A lifelong resident of Maine and founder of the Outdoor Adventure Company Guide Service located in Sebec Maine and co-owner with his wife in the Sebec Lake Lodge.  Jake is one of the regions better known animal behaviorists and conservationist.  His experience with bear, moose and deer are well known and evident by his continued success as a guide.  

Jake has been hunting in the big woods since he was 10 years old. He enjoys being an extremely physical hunter and has shot over fifty whitetails on the ground and many more from the stand. He thinks nothing of hunting all day in remote areas where the chances of taking trophy game exist. Jake has hunted in ME, NH, VT, NY, PA, GA, SC, as well as New Brunswick and Manitoba Canada. He has guided for trophy Deer, Moose, Bear and Turkey in Maine for over 25 years with the Outdoor Adventure Company.  

Jake is a Master Registered Maine Hunting Guide and freelance writer who has written numerous articles on hunting the Northern New England States.

Jake lives Eliot Maine with his wife Laurel. They have three grown children (Colin, Jae and Maxwell). Jake is a technology and business consultant who has worked for and with some of the largest fortune 500 companies and US military around the world. Currently Jayson is the Chief Information Officer for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

He is currently a member of the Maine Army National Guard. His military background spans over 30 years.  LTC Allain is a combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Jake is also an Army master fitness trainer, wrestling coach and former advisor at the University of New Hampshire. Jake was a standout athlete in Maine and a former member of the 1979 and 1982 US Wrestling World Team, competing for the United States in Baghdad Iraq and Oviedo Spain respectively.

Captain Bruce Millar

Friday 3 PM, Saturday 11 AM & Sunday 1 PM

Captain Bruce Millar, with a U.S.C.G. Master's License, has fished these local waters for over 40 yrs. Captain Bruce is best known for his ability to put his customers onto truly " Trophy Striped Bass'' and for the many 50 plus pound bass taken on his charters. (43 bass over 50 pounds plus 2 over 60 pounds 2002-2012 hand counting) ! Captain Bruce will work hard to put YOU onto the biggest Striper of your life and has succeeded in doing just that with the majority of his clients!!

Capt. Bruce Millar was a featured trophy bass expert and guest speaker for the National Seminar Series for SALTWATER SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE in 2005 . Capt Bruce is also available to conduct seminars for your club on his knowledge of trophy bass catching techniques. 

I Capt. Bruce will work hard to put YOU onto the biggest Striper of your life and has succeeded in doing just that with the majority of his clients. Capt. Bruce and his crew will work hard to give you an exciting and rewarding experience.  We use custom made rods by J & B Tackle, Niantic, CT, custom lures made by Captain Bruce. Custom lures made by Captain Bruce, the latest being a new lure called the Otter Tail

Del DelMastro:

Friday 2 & 5 PM, Saturday 11 AM & 2 PM, Sunday 12 Noon

“Del” DelMastro started bow hunting small game animals, using a recurve bow,  at the age of 15.

Around 1970 Del switched over to a compound bow and continued hunting in the woods of Connecticut. He became one of Connecticut’s first archery industries sponsored Pro-Staff bow hunters in the early 1990’s.

Capt. Bill Brown:

Friday 2 PM, Saturday 4 PM & Sunday 2 PM

Capt. Bill Brown has held a 100 Ton Master Mariners License for three decades, aPicture 1.pngnd has fished from the Gulf of Maine, the Florida Keys, Central America, and into the islands of the Caribbean- including Cuba. His customers aboard the "BILLFISH" have won or placed in numerous big game fishing tournaments throughout the Northeast.

Bill's clients presently hold or have held five Rhode Island State Gamefish Records (taken in tournaments). In addition, a 506 pound Thresher Shark that he guided his clients into won the 2003 Oak Bluffs (Marthas Vineyard) Monster Shark Tournament and set a new MA State Record for that species in 2003 (since broken). He is an acknowledged expert for both inshore and- especially- offshore angling where his ability to capture big sharks is legendary. He has been featured on local, regional, and national TV including ESPN, VERSUS, and NESN.

Capt. Bill Brown is also a well known, credentialed outdoor writer, and seminar speaker (Outdoors Writers Association of America, New England Outdoor Writers Association, Outdoor Writers Association of Connecticut).

His Power Point presentations and hands on demonstrations provide an overview of 'How To' in regards to tackle and techniques for both the inshore and offshore species of the gamefish that are found swimming in southern New England’s regional waters. Bill's expertise as always is in demand as he did a total of 29 seminars/presentations in 2010 in both the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states. In addition, he has won writing awards from the New England Outdoor Writers Association including those for: ‘Best Humor,’ ‘Best Column,’ and “Best Article.’

Peter Picone - Saturday 4 PM

Wildlife Biologist Peter Picone will be at the Northeast Expo and will speak about his book  “Wildlife Is My Passion” and will share stories about his lifelong interest and work with wildlife and hunting the great outdoors.    There are so many reasons why a person chooses to hunt and fish and Mr. Picone will share with you his passion for the outdoors by sharing his story of growing up enjoying wildlife and will share his insights by telling usabout his wildlife experiences from his youth to present.   Come down to the Northeast Expo and learn from one of the best.   Peter enjoys sharing his knowledge and is an active member of the New England Outdoor Writers Association.   

Mr. Picone has received the United Bowhunters of Connecticut Sportsman of the Year Award and was the 1998 recipient of the Joe Yerka Award from the New England Outdoor Writers Association.

If you would like to learn more about Peter before the show be sure to visit his web site  www.wildlifepassion.net

Iain Sorrell ~ Carp Fishing In & Around New England - Tips & Trick to Successfully Land One of These Great Fish!

Friday 4 PM, Saturday 11 AM  & 3 PM, Sunday 3 PM

Iain describes himself as a passionate angler since picking up a rod for the first time aged 4. He’s travelled near and far (including North America, Europe, Caribbean, New Zealand and Australia) in pursuit of the World’s finest sport fish. An avid light tackle expert he’s just as comfortable drifting a fly for salmon with a 14’ Spey rod, wading the flats in search of permit or fishing bottom baits for big carp.

 In addition to a career in scientific business development Iain is actively involved in owning and running Saxon Tackle specializing in European sport fishing tackle. He has written articles for a wide range of magazines including Fly Fishing Saltwaters and The Carp Fisher magazine and has made TV & other media appearances alongside some of the best known anglers.

Since moving to the United States in 1994 he has lived in Connecticut and describes the fishing here as amongst the finest and most diverse to be found anywhere in the World.

Captain Greg Dubrule:

Friday 3 PM, Saturday 3 PM & Sunday 12 Noon

Capt. Greg Dubrule has been a popular figure in the New England charter and partyboat industries for over four decades.  He possesses an extensive knowledge of both inshore and offshore fishing, from 1,000 lb blue marlin and giant tuna to striped bass and blackfish.  He's been a featured seminar speaker at all the major sport and fishing shows throughout the lower 48 states. 

Greg has been written up in national publications such as Outdoor Life, Saltwater Sportsman, Field and Stream, and countless other regional and national publications- even Newsweek magazine.    Dozens of television shows have featured him over the years, including Al Linder from The In-Fisherman series. 

He's a colorful and excitable seminar speaker willing to share his experiences and expertise to instruct anyone on how to catch'em.

Greg is currently the owner and operator of the partyboat BlackHawk out of Niantic, CT where he puts a tremendous amount of energy and enthusiasm into the BlackHawk's own Take A Kid Fishing and Black Hawk and the Community programs.

Captain John Planeta

Owner of Frank's Live Bait in Marlborough, CT, a tackle shop started by his parents in 1950. John has been fishing the waters of the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound for over 35 years. If the fish are there, he will find them. His knowledge of both freshwater and saltwater bait and tackle make him an invaluable source of fishing information. His specialty is light tackle Fluke and Striped Bass Fishing. 

Armand Tetreault:

Small Boat Inshore Tuna Fishing

Friday 4 PM, Saturday 1 PM & Sunday 3 PM

Armand is the operator of Rhode Island Poppers fishing lure company which has a very large line of lures from Fluke Rigs to Offshore Trolling gear, but he is known for his custom wooden striper and tuna lures. Armand has spent his entire life fishing the waters from New York through Massachusetts and grew up fishing in Narragansett Bay. He has surf-fished from the rocks of Newport to the outer cape, but the last decade has primarily been from a boat with a specialty in trolling and bait fishing Block Island or jigging deeper waters for bottom fish. Trolling for tuna as far as the canyons, he's spent time mating on several of the charter boats out of Point Judith for striped bass, fluke, sea bass and tuna. Armand is one of the top fisherman and lure builders in the region and loves to share his secrets and experience. He’s been lecturing on fishing throughout New England down the East Coast on Lure building and Fishing with emphasis on Offshore Trolling for Tuna and sharking

Tony Stetzko

Friday 1 PM, Saturday 2 PM & Sunday 12 Noon

Being able to adapt to all the changing situations that have come about over the years.... every thing from plovers to weather and the Great White!  What equipment one should use and how to use them!

Mike Stewart - Demonstrating in the Fly Tying Area

Mike has tied at the International Fly Tying Symposium, various Fly Fishing Shows, Federation of Fly Fishers, Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum, Arts of the Angler, CT Fly Fisherman Assoc. Round Table and the AMerican Museum of Fly Fishing.  Mike is also a member of the FFF Fly Tyers Board of Governors.