Fly Fishing the Androscoggin River for Trout

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Jon Howe. Fly Fishing the Androscoggin River for Trout

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14 . Androscoggin River (trout)

Location: Northern New Hampshire into western Maine, about 3 hours from Manchester; 2½ hours from Portland, Maine; and 3½ hours from Boston, Massachusetts. Full-service airports are available in all three cities.

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often the best way to fish it. The river can, however, be waded and public access is very good. From its densely forested 13 Mile Woods, to pastoral farmlands, to views of towering Mount Washington— the highest point in New England—in its lower reaches, the Androscoggin is also a beautiful river.

Several sections of the Androscoggin warrant the attention of fly fishers. They are accessible from Route 16 between Errol and Gorham, New Hampshire; and Route 2 between Gorham and Bethel, Maine. First is Errol Dam to Bragg Bay— a section of less than a mile. This is the lone fly-fishing-only section on the river. The next is Bragg Bay to Pontook Reservoir—including the fabled 13 Mile Woods. At over 20 miles, the section from Sawmill Dam in Berlin to the Maine border is the longest stretch of catch-and-

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