Got back late last night from a 3 day trip in the Maine woods. Fishing was action packed for a lot of smallish salmon, and small to mid sized brookies. Bug were downright insane! Mosquitoes in the morning and evening, black flies and mooseflies the size of my thumb the rest. Constant wind on the rivers made casting suck, but was probably a good thing. Thursday night rain revealed that my tent leaked, als made me cut a night of and leave saturday before the rain came that night. Got to see a mink successfully fish as well- kinda cool.
Started fishing Thursday Afternoon up by the Dam- first cast hooked into a good fish in the quickwater that immediately broke me off. Upped the tipped size of my dropper and got back too it catching many smallish salmon and a couple decent brookies. Friday morning was wet, but had me up early. Fished an area of ledge drops with deep pools below- areas like this were not productive at all this trip. After a few hours here I went back up to the dam for a bit and caught a couple more small salmon. After lunch I drove 45 min to another river to try for some brookies. Had a good time here catching several small and mid sized fish, as well as hooking into 1 big guy that unfortunately came off. Drove back to try and fish the dam, but was so exhausted I just fished behind the campsite, caught a small trout and salmon. Sat morning had me back up at the dam. Slow this morning- only hooking one salmon in several hours. Went back to camp for a late breakfast and decided to explore the river a bit. Walked about 1/2 mile upstream and found a riffle with some rising fish. There were ton of tiny caddis in the air, and when I got down to a size 18 caddis dry I started catching several 10 inch or so trout. I have a 2wt rod that I use for small streams, but I really with I had it for this section because it would have been a blast. Lunch at 1 and with the impeding rain I decided to pull up camp and not get leaked on my face for another night. I took the scenic route home so I could fish the moose on the way home. Got there and ran into a highschool buddy I havent seen in years. Water was in to woods as the flow was way high. Decided to try the EO instead. It was also stupid high, but I fished it for a couple hours anyway with only 1 hookup. Made it home at 9pm exhausted but happy
