maine atlantic salmon fishingWhile showing another Atlantic Salmon fisherman a few spey casts and a giving a couple spey casting tips, Kenny Clark caught the first Maine sea run Atlantic Salmon of the Spring season. I thought his screen name ” Salmon Man” was a bit presumptuous but as usual he lived up to the name. Throughout many years, Kenny and I have been on numerous sea run Atlantic Salmon trips together and we usually do well in Canada. We also fish together in Maine for landlocked Atlantic Salmon, because both of us enjoy fishing for salmon in big river systems with double handed rods and swinging spey flies. Maine’s big and classic landlocked Salmon rivers such as the Dead River, Kennebec River and The West Branch of the Penobscott River offer great spey casting opportunities and very respectably sized landlocked Atlantic Salmon can be caught. In Maine, there have been many efforts by many groups of people to help make our sea run Atlantic Salmon fishery better. The Maine sea run Atlantic Salmon is certainly a highly prized, highly respected and highly protected species. So, this sea run fish caught by Kenny on the legendary Penobscot River in Bangor is a absolutely special event. This Spring season is an experimental one, just as the Fall season has been for the last two years. I like the fact that a Flies And Fins member and one of my closest friends caught the first Atlantic Salmon this Spring as this site endeavors to bring the best fly fishing stories, pictures and video from around the world. This fish just adds another dimension to a fish story that has been unfolding since the earliest days of Maine’s history. Kenny said the fish was 28 inches and healthy and had plenty of fight. Kenny is very low key and not someone who likes any notoriety but this story needed to be written.