Tuesday, 21 November 2017

RE: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Digest for tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 2 topics

Rivers are starting to get a bit warm in July, I'd shoot for June if you can, avoid the 4th of july tourist crowd. There are several options along the Kennebec river, 4 trout and landlocked salmon, all the way up to the promised land at the east outlet, where the river first issues out of Moosehead lake. This page gives you a rundown: http://www.maineflyfishing.com/ourriver.htm. For some of these it's not that fun from the bank, and wading is a bit tricky, so if you can line up a canoe, drift boat, or paddleboard you expand your options. The fly shop is in Solon,

 

Grand Lake stream is supposed to be amazing, and the Rangeley lakes area also, Kennebago for example, but I haven't fished there. If you have the time you could head up to the new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, there are some nice streams up there and a couple of guide shops to answer questions. It's a drive.

 

I have a small log cabin on a small lake about an hour from Portland (Wayne, Maine) if you want a stopover for a few days, it'll be ready for AirBnB by June. There are some browns and brookies in there, and plenty of bass. Not as cheap as campgrounds though.

 

Joel

 

 

 

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Bobby Davis <robert.davis.bd@gmail.com>: Nov 20 05:59PM -0800

Hi guys,
This may seem like a long way off, but I want to start planning sooner than
later....I'm going to go to Maine next summer for a week to fish and am
looking for help nailing down a couple questions...
 
1. When is the best time to go? I am thinking sometime around the 4th of
July.
 
2. Where am I supposed to fish? I want to fish mostly rivers, but with
five days or so of fishing, I can take some side trips to ponds and what
not. Ideally, I would locate rivers I want to fish, and using the Maine TU
ponds and lakes google earth layer, find ponds that are nearby too.
 
3. Where should I stay? I am looking to camp at state parks or low cost
campgrounds....can't pay for the lodge life.
 
4. Anybody got a favorite fly shop up there that would help me out? Just
looking for basic info (see questions above), not there==ir honey hole.
 
 
Any info at all would be appreciated, including contacts in Maine if anyone
has one, who would be willing to dish info.

Richard Farino <rfarino@gmail.com>: Nov 20 09:31PM -0500

Maine is a big state. Where are you headed?
 

Bobby Davis <robert.davis.bd@gmail.com>: Nov 20 06:36PM -0800

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Western Maine near the Vermont Border? Near the Rapid River...or the
Magalloway? Near somewhere where I can catch pike for a day too? I
dunno. Looking for advice...because Maine is a large state. I really just
want to catch big brook trout for a few days.
 

"Carl Z." <carl.zmola0@gmail.com>: Nov 20 06:01PM -0500

Live and learn. Day one was completely blown out. Day 2 was blind
nymphing, in high fast water.
One fish to hand, two more good hookups where I saw the fish and just tried
to horse them in. All of them were fresh fish.
 
Tomorrow will probably be a fantastic day with perfect flows and a bit
warmer temperatures. The snow will probably all melt off tomorrow.
 
Carl
 
--
Carl Zmola
 

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