- The Driftless Angler in Viroqua, WI, also the home of Uncommon Carp, the premier fly shop for all things carp.
- Waterville, ME, the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers, and home to alma mater Colby College.
- Freeport, ME, birthplace and company headquarters of L.L. Bean.
- Portland, ME, the location for the 3rd Annual Fly Fishing Film Tour Party, hosted by Jeremy from fliesandfins.com on June 4.
Up' North comrade Ben Rioux will be attedance.
Also a great town to pick up a Gritty McDuff's Best Brown or a Shipyard IPA.
In honor of all the striper goodness to be had off the coast of southern Maine with Ben, with assistance from Capt. Eric Wallace, I will commemorate the countdown with a big ass meaty fly of the day. Whether used for the salt or for some esocid and centrarchid action, these buggers will definitely leave you with some meat in your teeth.
Gritty's and Shipyard...hard to beat. Be sure to try a Davidson Bro's if they got them at Shipyard while you're at it.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.big-g-s-deli.com/
J.P.L,
ReplyDeleteTie me, say, 5 of those bad boys. Let me know how much you want for em!
Feckin top lookin Fly
ReplyDeleteThat's standard trout fare for some of us folks.
ReplyDeleteif you make it to NY give me a shout... big fish around and I have 7 days straight of night planned starting Wed.
ReplyDelete@FoulHooked: I'll be up for trying anything. I need to get at least one old thumper down the gullet tho'.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: no doubt. Big G's will be my first stop for Foodstuffs when I get in to WTVL. Can't go wrong with sammiches the size of your head!
@MaineFlyBoi: I'll see what I can pull off. I'll have plenty of meat along....
@MichaelGracie: Show me a trout that will slurp down a 12 inch zonker taken on a 2/0 hook and then we're talking. Maybe a bull.....
@thefin: J, not even time to stop everywhere I'd like, including NYC, but I appreciate the offer to take me out! Maybe on the next tour.
What bait fish is that foot long fly imitating? Or some secret...black marlin crashing Casco Bay in spring?
ReplyDeleteAnd the Echo spey rods just came in today. Hope you are ready for some test casting when you buzz through town!
ReplyDelete@MichaelGracie: tullibee (cisco), white suckers, walleyes, perch, other pike, etc. you get the point. Esocids will eat anything.
ReplyDeleteThe beers are probably what I miss most about New England. But it's not like we're starving for good micro brews out here in Oregon.
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