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Hatches Finally Start in Earnest

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Hatches are at full swing now in the Rangeley Area with early season mayflies – Hendricksons, Quill Gordons, March Browns, or similar mayflies hatching regularly when conditions warrant –sometimes morning and sometimes afternoon.

The first really warm day on May 12 brought the first surface activity to Kennebago Lake. I had one of those magical evenings that sometimes one is fortunate enough to experience. I was the only one fishing on the entire lake, it was an 80 degree day and warm evening without a cloud in the sky. As the sun started to set, the lake was flat calm around the western shore. Two bald eagles watched me from a nearby tall white pine tree as fish cruised just under the surface sipping midges and other small fare. Every cast to a rise resulted in a fish. In the cold water they fought hard and some towed the canoe. I happily lost count of how many came to hand. It was so perfect, I half expected Kevin Costner to come out of a field of corn on the bank and ask me if this was heaven (that was a Field of Dreams film reference).

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Then on Monday, May 16th, the area had 3 inches of snow and temps in the 20’s and 30’s and howling winds. And I do mean howling – Mooseluckmeguntic Lake had 6 foot waves. On the following Wednesday, the temp of the water had fallen to 44 degrees in the rivers and all of the hatches just stopped
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But by last weekend, May 21st, the weather warmed and hatches commenced again including on Saturday afternoon a huge fly ant hatch on the upper river. 4 anglers fishing there caught 10 massive brook trout over two pounds in just several hours.

By the middle of this week, blizzard hatches of early season mayflies were everywhere. I guided yesterday and my sport had a 30 trout (at least) afternoon – not telling you where. My only concern is that we have had no rain and the rivers are at summer levels already – just like the last two springs. We need rain…

Enjoy the fishing…Lou

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.