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August Action

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Perhaps as a make-up for the lousy weather, high water, and challenging fishing during much of May, June, and even July, the fishing in August was the best that I can remember. Rangeley rivers fished well with certain pools holding a concentration of salmon and trout. Many lake fish ascended the rivers during the flushes of water from the rain and then when the water warmed into the low 70’s, they holed up near incoming cooler tribs. Colder nights in early August returned the water temps into the mid to high sixties and the fish went on a feeding spree.
Kennebago Lake fished well because hatches were late and spread out and the water stayed cool enough for fish to stay in the shallows and feed instead of decending to the thermoclines. It was ironic that with most of the anglers gone, a few lucky anglers had a number of summer evenings where they could cast to rising fish without any other boat nearby.
The lower Magalloway below the dam continued to fish well with many smaller fish falling to nymphs and dries and the occasional monster caught with big streamers or nymphs.
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(Sorry for the delay in posting this – I thought it had posted several weeks ago)

Interesting Summer

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The erratic weather certainly continued in July and so did the erratic fishing. Many rivers remained blown out for much of the early part of the month and by the time the water came down, the continued warm nights raised the temperatures quickly. (Cool nights with low humidity are important to maintaining reasonable water temperatures). Most days were humid, hot, or rainy.
In early July, the Rangeley River had reasonable water levels and many fish in the 6-10 inch range took nymphs readily. The Mags below the dam had certain times with reasonable water flows and nymphing anglers caught some very nice fish. The temperature of the Kennebago River on July 19th was 76 degrees. Despite the high temps, I actually caught while nymphing a beautiful fresh 2-pound plus salmon in a pocket between fast water. It must have come up stream in the last pulse of water. I also caught a few smaller salmon right by the dam. While used at the suitable surface treatment levels, resurfacing action of Fraxel boost the cell proceeds and viagra shops causes extrusion of the melanin pigment is made to absorb sunlight and help protect our skin from the sun’s UV radiation. The inflamed bladder can accelerate the process generico viagra on line of stone formation. Sexual stimulation is certainly an important factor during copulation. levitra without prescription drugs thus help to remove the cause of erectile dysfunction in order to get full advantage of what mother nature has to offer us; as opposed to solely relying on our man-made pharmaceuticals. It is not uncommon that a man, stressed and worn out from work at the end of the day, you will have to have your erectile dysfunction sorted out; and whether that would mean a new approach in treatment by doing away with artificial substances and going natural, it is important that this thing is resolved at last. cialis samples tonysplate.com Salmon will tolerate warmer water if it is highly oxygenated.
There were outstanding hatches on Kennebago Lake, albeit two weeks later than normal. During the 3rd week in July, on either side of the causeway, were emerging hexes, green drakes, and brown drakes. They emerged primarily in the afternoon and early evening. It helped that the weather was relatively calm, very humid, and warm. Where there were springs to cool the bottom water temperatures, trout and a few salmon rose to the bugs off and on all day. They got very persnickety though with a lot of false hits on standard dry fly imitations. Cripples and emergers worked better. Because the hatch was so late most of the anglers were gone with only a few boats to enjoy the fast fishing. Most fish were under 12 inches, perhaps the water too warm for the larger fish.
I will try to update this blog more frequently, now that I am finished with the final editing of my book

June Has Been a Strange Month So Far

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Another busy month and I am behind in my entrees to this blog (again). June, like May, was very strange month weather wise. Cold stretches and Hot stretches but very few days with temps between 60 and 75.
The last weekend in Maine we had hot weather and the fishing really turned on. Big fish caught on the Mags as schools of good fish seemed to move in and out of different parts of the river. Feeding behavior was strange. Had a client catch one big trout still stuffed with smelt. Another client the same day caught another heavy trout but this one had yellow Jell-O (sucker eggs) in his mouth. Still another good salmon was actively rising to insects. Usually, this feeding behavior is separated by a few weeks.
Hatches started in earnest in the Logans on Kennebago and the lucky few anglers fishing caught many trout up to 15 inches or so.
Cold nights and heavy rain early in the month blew out most of the rivers until the middle of the month and the cold rain cooled the lakes and ponds down and seemed to suspend hatch and fish activity.
People arrived in the middle of June at Kennebago expecting active fish and there really weren’t any. Water was cold and it was very windy. I flew into a couple remote ponds between Rt 4. and 17 south of Rangeley and there wasn’t much happening there either.
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Lake bass anglers had interesting stories to tell. The erratic weather had cooled the water and delayed spawning in many locations until the 2nd week in June or later. If bass anglers were on the water the 2nd week of June after a warm day when the shallows had warmed, they had unbelievable action. I fished with my brother on Damarascotta Lake one evening and one morning and we caught more than 50 bass between us. I have heard other similar stories as well.
Towards the last half of June, brown drake hatches are finally starting although it is two weeks later than usual. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the summer unfolds.

Rangeley Area Ice-out

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Ice-out in the Rangeley area is finally here. Later than the last several years but pretty typical if you look back over the records of the last 50 years or so. It has been a strange spring with very little precipitation and day after day of blue sky without a cloud. Streams in Central and Southern Maine are very low for this time of year, but in the Rangeley area there was snowpack with lots of moisture content so the melting snow has provided plenty of water for the rivers. As soon as the water temperatures rise a bit the smelt will be on the move and so will the fish. The key to fishing the rivers this time of year when the water is cold is not to move flies too quickly. Dead drifting streamers or providing motion and movement while keeping the streamer in the same place is often the ticket to success.
Some of the most popular places get pretty crowded but it is unpredictable. Sometimes anglers anticipate the weekend is going to be crowded so they hit their favorite spots during the week and Sunday turns out to be empty of significant angler traffic.
I will be out almost every day now trying to hit the smelt runs. My guiding days are filling up but I do have some days available the week of May 20th. Contact me if you are interested.

While waiting for the ice to go out, I travelled to upstate NY to try some steelhead fishing. Check out my video on YouTube under “Playing Large Steelhead” mainelyflyfishing.com to see how I did. Yes, it was cold.
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I am looking for a cover photo for my book which will (finally) be published this fall. If anyone has a high quality photo of a person fly fishing with a backdrop that shouts northern New England, I would like to see it. It would preferably show some action – fly casting, fighting a fish, landing a fish – that sort of thing.

I will post again soon.

March 20: Spring is coming – maybe

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What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, there were days in the 70’s, even up in Rangeley. Snow pack was non-existent and ice-out was only several weeks away for many water bodies. This year feels more like the winters that I remember. March has been snowy with many nights still dipping into the low teens and temperatures staying in the 30’s during the afternoon. There is no way ice-out in the Rangeley area is going to be in April this year. So for all of you that have procrastinated tying those ice-out streamers, you still have time.
A couple of updates… I now have a monthly column in the Maine Sportsman in which I will be writing about backcountry cycling (combined with fishing, hunting, birding, and other outdoor activities. Check over the last year. It is being published by a respected outdoor publisher, Wilderness Adventure Press, and will be out later this year in both paper and electronic versions.
Book excerpt for this month…
 It helps a great deal to have someone living near the water you want to fish so they can pass on what they see. When the ice has melted around the immediate shoreline and the color of the ice itself is closer to black than white, than ice out is imminent and it would be wise to start making up excuses for missing work.
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Lou

November fishing continued good

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Decent weather continued into mid November and the fly fishing in Southern Maine continued to be good in those bodies of water still open to fishing. The Presumpscott River was particularly good, not only the section near the Sebago dam but further down river below other ponds and dams. Water flows were low making wading and fish spotting easy, and water temperatures were still in the mid 40’s so the fish remained active. See my video of the action in early November. Later in the month flows increased significantly, limiting the fishing options somewhat
The attraction this time of year is the mix of fish you can hook up with. Good size brookies in gorgeous spawning colors are stocked as are large 18 inch plus browns. Holdover fish move up the river from ponds and lower parts of the river. I watched one guy net a wide and fat landlocked salmon that was over 4 pounds, and saw a picture of another 25 inch salmon (caught on a spinner). I also caught chubs and small mouth bass. Like I said, you never know.
Classic Maine streamers such as The Grey Ghost catch fish but nymphing has the highest rate of success. I nymph with copper johns in various colors as well as pheasant tails, and zebra midges. What tippet size to use is a dilemma; finer tippet sizes yield more fish, but breakoff’s are likely if you hook into a horse.
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Coastal streams that become brackish before emptying into the ocean stay warmer because of the ocean’s influence. Last fall, in southern Maine, the ocean temperature in some of the shallow bays and estuaries was still in the 60’s in early October. If you have never tried fishing for sea-run browns, I recommend it. From the Royal River in Yarmouth all the way down the Maine coast to New Hampshire, many streams have sea-runs. The Maine Sportsman newspaper and other publications give detailed descriptions every year of where to find them. I have a neighbor who every year catches browns over 20 inches from the Royal River, right in downtown Yarmouth. He uses very large lures and flies with lots of flash. I have had my best action with large soft-hackle marabou streamers in yellow and small muddlers. It usually isn’t fast fishing, but it is a thrill every once and awhile to hook one.

September Summary

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All and All, September was a good month. There was just enough rain in the middle of the month to give the rivers some flow and keep the fish moving. The weather was warmer than normal and the river temperatures stayed warmer as well which was both good and bad. Towards the end of the month, with no new rain and heavy fishing pressure, the fishing definitely became tougher. Still, I observed being caught (or caught myself) dozens and dozens (maybe close to 100) wild trout and salmon over 14 inches (and up to 4 lbs) in September. The Rangeley area continues to have world class fly fishing for wild trout and salmon. The upper and lower Magaloway, upper and lower Kennebago, Upper Dam, and Bemis stream all produced beautiful fish. Perhaps the Rapid did too but I didn’t get there this fall. There are mouthsofthesouth.com online viagra many websites promoting erectile dysfunction medication. The Unit Head whispered to the ED “Sir, shall we call him to your chamber and talk there.” “Why?” generic cialis pharmacy roared the ED. Make sure to avoid saturated fat soft tabs viagra and cholesterol has been shown to improve erectile function in men. Because of its effectiveness, more and more people cheap discount viagra towards it. One day on the upper Magalloway, I guided four guys staying at Bosebuck and between them they landed 40 large trout and salmon.
Early in the month when the fish were fresher, streamers and large attractor dry flies were the most productive, then on some warmer cloudy days, smaller- more imitative dries were the ticket. Later in the month, when the fish has been fished over, short-line (Czech-style) nymphing was the way to go. As warm as it has been October fishing should hold up well in those waters that are still open.
I will post some pictures and videos soon.
Another book excerpt: Autumn river fishing is such an intellectual exercise. There is a myriad of potential approaches that range from fishing large gaudy streamers on fast sink line to miniscule midge larva on 3-weight rods, and everything in between. Conditions can range from torrents of water to drought, from snow to 80 degrees. Choose the correct approach and fly for the conditions, locate the migrating fish, and you can be rewarded with the fish of the season or even a lifetime. Fish in the wrong location at the wrong time, or choose a fly that doesn’t generate interest and you will catch zip.

Has fall fishing arrived?

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Hopefully, with the rain we received today, the start of fall fishing will begin. It has been slow the past few weeks with no rain, warm and low rivers, and most of the fish down deep and inaccessible. In mid-August we had a few heavy downpours in the Rangeley area and when the rivers came up briefly and cooled, I caught a couple of large early spawning run brookies in the Magalloway River and a few salmon became active in the Kennebago, but since then it’s been tough.
This rain should raise the rivers and the fish will start moving, first in the Maggalloway and then in the Kennebago, Rapid, Cupsuptic, and the Rangeley Rivers. I like intercepting the fish fresh from the lake – any reasonable streamer will work wonderfully. For those of you interested in me guiding you this fall, better call quickly, my calendar is filling up quickly. Excerpt from my book, “Flyfishing Northern New England: The Five Seasons”, the beginning of the Autumn section…

Autumn is my favorite time of the year. Crisp Nights, warm days, and endless blue sky. No mosquitoes, black flies, no-see-ums, deerflies – well, you get the picture. The chance to catch the biggest fish of the year in full spawning colors. As I write these words, I remember what I believe is one moment from one trip, but is most likely a mosaic of similar images and experiences from many trips that run together in my mind…

In the half-light of predawn, as I looked down at the dark rushing water, I could see nothing but a stream of white bubbles on the surface. Upstream, at the head of the pool, the water drops over a three-foot ledge and divides around a large submerged rock. To the right, the water races in a smooth arc before straightening for thirty yards and quickening again at the tail of the pool. Underneath the inside of the arc, the current has scoured the stream bottom to a depth of 10 feet or more. For a foot or so on the outside of the arc, where the current is slower, the water is only two feet deep over gravel and the occasional large rock.

It was on that rim that I was standing, casting a streamer upstream and then letting it drift down with the current. I was peering into the water, looking for my streamer because speed and depth were critical to success, as was the way it pulsated in the water.
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About ten feet out I spotted a bright red and yellow object twisting and turning in the current. Not my streamer, I realized, but a maple leaf. The leaf was a crimson and canary yellow color that only swamp maples can achieve during a New England September. It had fallen from a gnarled old swamp maple tree that leaned out over the water about 200 yards upstream Its extended branches had snared more than its share of my back casts over the years.

Closer to my feet, under the bubbles, I spotted my streamer, a fly that we call a marabou yellow ghost. It is tied just like a marabou black ghost, but with yellow marabou instead of white, and orange at the throat instead of yellow. As it drifted by and the line began to straighten, I gave a short strip – enough to twitch the streamer slightly from its otherwise natural drift.

For an instant, I thought I saw a dim white flash. Ten years ago I would not have recognized it as anything significant, if I had even noticed it at all. I cast upstream again, mending twice this time, sinking the streamer deeper into the water column. As the streamer passed over the rock where I had seen the flash, I twitched it upstream twice, feeling the adrenaline rush of anticipation that separates fly fishing from, well -most everything else. And then I felt the thump and my hand instinctively raised the rod tip at the same time.

As I wondered whether the salmon was hooked, I made two quick strips of line and then felt the solid weight of a well-hooked fish. Then, as if a final verification was required, the glistening shape of a landlocked salmon splashed over the surface of the water. As I pressured him out of the current, giving back line twice during two spirited runs, I idly thought to myself that intercepting the salmon as they make their annual fall spawning run is the highlight of my fishing year. The trick is being there when they are.

mid summer fishing

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The dog days of summer mean that one has to try different places and techniques to catch trout or salmon. Many of our favorite spots in June become too warm to fish successfully in late July or early August.
One of my favorite mid-summer places to fish is Cupsuptic Stream, both above and below the falls. This small stream stays cool all summer and the trout stay active. It isn’t a big stream and the runs and pools are not large so neither are the trout- they range from 4 to 8 inches with occasional bigger ones – but they are as beautiful as little jewels and have surprising yellow bellies. They almost look like a cross between a brook trout and a golden trout. The best way to fish is to wade wet and fish a 2 or 3 weight, with your favorite attractor dry fly, and unless you snag it in a tree, you can fish the same fly all day. You will probably get over 20 strikes in an afternoon.
The Upper Connecticut is another great mid-summer locale because water flows from a bottom-release dam and stays cold all summer. It is only an hour and change from the Kennebago area by car. I usually launch my kayak and paddle both up and down stream as I look for rises. Action tends to pick up towards evening when the light dims. I usually catch at least 6 fat energetic rainbows on ants or caddis imitations with the occasional brook trout or brown trout. Here is another excerpt from my upcoming book…
Fishing mountain streams at higher elevations is another possible summer strategy. I love to travel to the Presidentials in New Hampshire and hike up the myriad of trails that parallel small streams running down the side of the mountain. The water is clear and there is no algae, mud, or plant life of any kind because of the scouring it receives during the spring run off. It is rock, sand, water, and a few tree limbs. That’s it. It’s the kind of small stream that Disney tries to recreate in its theme parks or expensive resort landscaping but can never quite pull off. There are many mountain streams throughout Northern New England. I have enjoyed fishing the small streams in what is referred to as the” northeast kingdom” of Vermont. Staying in Vermont for a moment, during a normal summer, the feeder streams of the Batten Kill River can fish well for small brookies. Beautiful small streams also cascade off Mount Mansfield (also in Vermont), as well as the Mahoosic Mountains, Mount Katahdin, Saddleback, and Sugarloaf Mountains (in Maine).
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The gear is simple. A 3-weight 6 or 7-foot rod and a small fly box filled with a few Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, small Muddlers, and bucktail streamers are all that you need. There are no mysteries here. If the fish are present they will reveal themselves. If you don’t catch something quickly, keep moving. Sometimes a steam will have become too acidic to support trout. Other times it has been over fished.

The Rapid River

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I have gotten behind on my blog posts but hopefully I can catch up.
I guided on the Rapid River in the middle of June during a hot sunny stretch of weather and there were fish to be caught but you had to work for them. We had most of our success on dry flies. Early on the trip, fish liked small black ants fished in the film, probably because there had been a lot of small black ants, beetles, and stoneflies on the water in great numbers throughout all of western Maine in June. On the 3rd day, stoneflies started emerging in large numbers – three weeks earlier than normal – and some fish switched to the larger food. Then the next day, Alder flies started emerging and after a day or so, some fish started on them -although some fish were still only interested in black ants. So we kept switching between Alder fly, Stone fly, and ant imitations until we got fish to strike.We caught fish on dries below the old lower dam site, between the 1st and 2nd currents, and at middle dam. The following is a relevant book excerpt:

The Androscoggin and Rapid Rivers generate clouds of greenish and dark brown Alder Flies (a species of caddis fly) in late June. Every year I have clients that want to fish the famous Alder Fly hatch. One year, Brett (a fellow guide) and I were guiding four clients on the upper stretches of the Rapid during the Alder Fly hatch. The company viagra cialis prix will cater your needs, whether you want single or multiple merchant accounts. Always Purchase Kamagra from a Reliable Store With increasing demand of these medicines, many retailers are best prices on levitra offering counterfeited Kamagra Tablets. Insurance companies will buy generic cialis you can check here sometimes cover this type of medication, but it is rare since ED is not a confirmed side effect. Getting a degree as a http://appalachianmagazine.com/2014/02/27/car-trips-along-the-appalachian-trail-in-the-northeast/ levitra 60 mg B. I noticed literally hundreds of the bugs in the Cedar trees lining the bank, but initially our clients wondered what the big deal was about. There were no flies emerging on the water and no fish rising. We rigged up and started casting dry flies, but there wasn’t much action. One of the guys along the bank walked through some cedar branches and suddenly there were hundreds of flies in the air. Then a gust of wind blew and a dozen flies hit the water, followed immediately by a bunch of quick rises until the Alder Flies were consumed. My sports’ eyes got wide – now they got it. After that, every time a wind gust blew a few flies into the water and my clients cast one or another Alder Fly imitation, they would get a rise from a landlocked salmon or a trout. The fish weren’t easy, often there would be a last second refusal, but plenty of fish were caught.