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Few Atlantic Salmon Caught in Maine's Month-Long Season
Despite only one or two reports of fish being landed, proponents of Maine's experimental Atlantic salmon season say the effort to get folks to pay attention to salmon fishing again has paid off. "'Salmon fishing is about fishing; it?s not about catching,' said [Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission chairman Dick] Ruhlin, who has 50-plus years of salmon fishing experience. 'A dedicated salmon angler is more interested in fishing over a piece of water where there is a good probability of a fish being there and presenting a good cast.'" Kevin Miller in the Bangor Daily News. From MidCurrent Fly Fishing News
The Fly Fishing Adventures of Mike and Curtis
Curtis Sledge and Mike Hammer are good friends who love to fly fish. They have been on many fly fishing trips including several misadventures.
Anglers Catch First Atlantic Salmon in Maine in Seven Years
Beau Peavey, a 22-year-old junior college junior and self-described fishing lunatic, caught the first Atlantic salmon of Maine's newly reopened season on the Penobscot. "The salmon ? a frisky 32-inch 12-pounder that fought back with 'four jumps and a couple of good long runs' ? was caught after Mr. Peavey abandoned his own flies and used a pink fly created years ago by a now-deceased member of his salmon club." Pam Belluck in The New York Times. Kevin Miller also writes in the Bangor Daily News about the event and the newly re-opened season. From MidCurrent Fly Fishing News
Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery Puts Squeeze on Salmon
Nick Gosling took a trip to the "Spawning Spectacular" at the Craig Brook Hatchery in Orland, Maine and described in vivid detail how arranged marriages between Atlantic salmon actually work. In the Ellsworth American. From MidCurrent Fly Fishing News
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