Fly Fishing the Androscoggin River for Bass

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Bob Dionne. Fly Fishing the Androscoggin River for Bass

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11 . Androscoggin River, Maine (bass)

Location: Southwestern Maine, about a 2-hour ride from Portland, a 1-hour ride from Augusta; a 3-hour ride from Boston, Massachusetts; and a 3-hour ride from Manchester, New Hampshire. Full-service airports are available in all four cities.

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Due to escalating water pollution, the Andro became ground zero for the Clean Water Act of 1972. Championed by United States Senator and Rumford, Maine native Edmund Muskie, this

legislation reversed national water degradation trends by requiring water quality standards that met fishable and swimmable objectives. Today, the entire length of the Andro in Maine supports smallmouth bass, and in many sections they truly thrive.

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