Fly Fishing Maine Brook Trout Ponds

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Bob Mallard. Fly Fishing Maine Brook Trout Ponds

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2 . Maine Brook Trout Ponds

Location: Western, Central, and Northern Maine, about a 2- to 3-hour ride from Bangor, a 3- to 4-hour ride from Portland; and a 4- to 5-hour ride from Boston, Massachusetts or Manchester, New Hampshire. Full-service airports are available in all four cities. Float plane pickup from lakes within an hour of Bangor can be arranged.

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There are another 500 or so ponds in Maine that are stocked with brook trout. Many of these support strong populations of holdover fish. This brings the total number of brook trout ponds in Maine to roughly 1,100—far more than are found anywhere else in the country.

Approximately 175 of the brook trout ponds in Maine are classified as Remote by the Land Use Planning Commission. This means that there is no development—including permanent roads—within a half mile of the shoreline. In most cases, even unimproved roads have been blocked. These represent some of the most pristine brook trout ponds in the Northeast.

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