The weekend was forecasted to be hot, hazy, and humid. I spoke to Jeremy on Saturday and we thought seriously about fishing the Shawmut section of the Kennebec River late in the afternoon. As the temp approached 100 and the humidty index mirrored the temperature we thought better of it and stayed home. That was more then Jeremy could stand. So Sunday morning at 4am he hit the road for Shawmut. After dealing with some home business that required my attention, I hit the road at 9am with plans to meet Jeremy at Shawmut. That worked well, except that when I got there Jeremy and Joey had caught several fish early and said everything had turned off. Joey left to keep his wife happy and Jeremy and I headed to another nice stretch of the Kennebec. As we entered the water we quickly realized we were there just in time for a water release. So much for the fishing here. Now the dilemma, do we continue to search for fishable waters and how far are we willing to travel. You guessed it there really isn’t a limit as to how far we would go. So Jeremy promised me cold clear water to take away the heat and lots of fish if I would drive to his favorite Maine spot. We covered some miles in a relatively short period of time and found Jeremy’s favorite pool vacant of any other fly fisherman. A nymph rig for Jeremy and a Wooly Bugger for me. It wasn’t long before we were into some very respectable trout and salmon. I would say overall we caught and released 15 fish between the 2 of us and missed several more on a dry caddis fly fished on the edge of the seam. So we accomplished our misson, we found several fish, and a comfortable outlet from the heat and humidity. As I arrived home at 11 pm I thought it sure has been a long day, but one well worth the effort.
Book
- Alaska
- Guide & Fisherman
- Guiding: Choosing Your Guide And Choosing Your Customer
- Guiding: Do It Yourself With A Guide
- Guiding: Evolution Of A Guide
- Guiding: Freshwater, More Than Meets The Eye
- Guiding: Friends For Life
- Guiding: Know Where You Are
- Guiding: More Than Just A Fisherman
- Guiding: Mystery Of The Fisherman
- Guiding: Payment
- Guiding: Saltwater, A Different World
- Rough Fish
- Fly Fishing For Rough Fish: Why Do It?
- Introduced Rough Fish: The Carps & Other Invasive Species
- Methodology: Gear & Tactics For Pursuing Roughfish On A Fly
- More Roughfish: Bullheads, Whitefish, Goldeye, Burbot & Drum
- Rough Fish Environments: Where To Look For Rough Fish?
- Rough Fish Species: The Suckers
- Rough fish: A Lifetime Of Learning
- Rough Fish: Fishing For Dinosaurs (Gars & Bowfin)
- Rough Fish: What Are They?
- The Hook: Some Common Rough Fish Fly Patterns
- Spey
- Spey: Applications, Where Can You Do It?
- Spey: Atlantic Salmon, A Significant Fish
- Spey: Defined And Demystified
- Spey: Gear, The Nuts And Bolts
- Spey: Lines, They Are That Important
- Spey: Steelhead, New Traditions & A Modern Movement
- Spey: The Energy
- Spey: The Flies
- Spey: The Swing
- Spey: Two Critical Casts
- Striped Bass
- Striped Bass: Fishing Rocky Shorelines
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Beaches
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Flats
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Reefs
- Striped Bass: Fishing Tidal Rivers
- Striped Bass: Flatwing Swing
- Striped Bass: Fly Line Options & Choices
- Striped Bass: Gear, The Nuts & Bolts
- Striped Bass: Migration Patterns
- Striped Bass: What They Eat
- The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: A Natural Drug
- Fly Fishing: A Validation Of Freedom
- Fly Fishing: Don’t Fight The Current
- Fly Fishing: It Is What It Is
- Fly Fishing: Socialization For Asocial Individuals
- Fly Fishing: The Allure Of The Fish
- Fly Fishing: The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: The Simplicity Of It All
- Fly Fishing: Time Flies
- Fly Fishing: Times You Remember & Try To Forget
Nice story Pat. I’m glad you guys were able to find some fish and avoid heat stroke.