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Fresh Water Salmon A No Show...But A Big Brookie Will Do
Posted by keith (2386 reads)
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It's 5am and I'm heading north. Northern Maine is synonymous with large landlocked salmon and I have high hopes. Today I will be fishing new water so I'm extra psyched. I arrive, rig up, and head to the water. No one is around and the river looks promising. Working down stream I encounter classic salmon pools, runs and pocket water, but no fish. My usual standby flies don't produce, so I tied on an intricate nymph/dropper set up and manage a handful of smaller brookies. But where are the 20" salmon I dreamt about a few hours ago? After a long trek down stream I decide to head back up river. Along the way the fast pocket water looks oddly inviting. I stop, try a hole and move on. About the third hole my fly stops mid-drift and I tighten into a nice fish. After some fancy fast water fighting I managed to net a beautiful

Maine brookie of around 18". My day is made! The rest of the day I worked my way back to the truck probing any pool large enough to land a fly in and am rewarded for my efforts. Point is the fish may be anywhere and maine's native son is a magnificent species.



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Great Fish, Article and Photo
by jeremy http://www.fliesandfins.com
Hey Keith - what a great article - I really enjoyed reading it. Nice photo too and obviously a nice fish. I am looking forward to meeting you in person and fishing with you.

PS - For those of you who don't know, Keith is from Montana. He recently moved to Maine and ran across www.fliesandfins.com -we have been talking via this site and now he is writing articles, taking photos and obviously catching nice fish. I think that is so cool.


 
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