Rapid River article

The Summer 2004 issue of Fish & Fly magazine has an interesting
article on Big Brookies of the Rangley area of Maine, including the
Rapid River.

vince

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:30:36 -0400, vincent p. norris wrote:

The Summer 2004 issue of Fish & Fly magazine has an interesting
article on Big Brookies of the Rangley area of Maine, including the
Rapid River.

Well, it's no surprise there are big brookies in Maine, but the magazine is
still run by self-serving effwits...

/daytripper (pphbbbbbtttt!)

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:30:36 -0400, vincent p. norris
wrote:

The Summer 2004 issue of Fish & Fly magazine has an interesting
article on Big Brookies of the Rangley area of Maine, including the
Rapid River.

Well, it's no surprise there are big brookies in Maine, but the
magazine is still run by self-serving effwits...

/daytripper (pphbbbbbtttt!)


Well my latest Orvis newsletter came in yesterday with a "nice" little
article pimping for restoration money that claims "the best brook trout
fishery" is the rapid.

That will go a long way to lowering the pressure. Idiots.

Flyfish

Flyfish wrote:




Well my latest Orvis newsletter came in yesterday with a "nice" little
article pimping for restoration money that claims "the best brook trout
fishery" is the rapid.

That will go a long way to lowering the pressure. Idiots.

Flyfish

i bet you can hear the sound of one-hand clapping by aldo, though...

Flyfish writes:

Well my latest Orvis newsletter came in yesterday with a "nice" little
article pimping for restoration money that claims "the best brook trout
fishery" is the rapid.

That will go a long way to lowering the pressure. Idiots.

This week-end is the great bass tournament at Pond in the River. The fish and
game folks told me there would be 40 people fishing the Pond in hopes of
getting rid of some of the bass. They will be lucky if they catch 40 bass
total. The best way to rid the river of bass is to turn it into a cold water
fishery instead of the warm water one it now is. FPL's total mismanagement of
the water flow is part of the problem. The bass have been in Umbagog since
1984 and have only recently become a problem. The Richardsons were overflowing
with water in early winter, but instead of bleeding it off normally, they
opened uf the dam and lowered the lake by 7 feet. It is about 5 feet low right
now and the 390 cfs remains. If you call TU and speak to the Maine bigwigs,
you will think you are talking to FPL's CEO.

Also, if the flow is 390 cfs (like it has been since May 14), the river is easy
to fish and the locals flock in. Put the flow at 900 and the fishing pressure
is lowered because the "catching" is harder. Harry (the dam keeper and local
poll taker for fish and game) counted 51 people on the river on Memorial Day,
from Cedar Stump all the way to Upper Dam. Sounds like alot of pressure, but
it was easy to find a place to fish.

I've heard from a number of people that the Lower Dam structure will be removed
this August. The state fears that if it collapses into the river below the
dam, it will be a negative impact on the brookie spawning beds. So, if you do
not have some pictures of it, best to take a few now before it becomes history.
Too bad, really. They will leave the wooden shoots and rock structures.

Also, the condo prolem is dead - or so I've heard. They can't find a way to
get the people in except by boat. However, two cabins *will* be built on Rifle
Point between the cove and the dam. Even more pressure, but not as bad as it
would have been with twelve condos.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Forgot to add:

Last Saturday, the 5th, a fly fisherman tried to run the river from Middle Dam
down to the Pond. He made it just past Harbeck Pool before he capsized. He
tried to wade ashore and got his foot stuck between some rocks. Fortunately
there was a big rock to hold on to. When his waders filled, he did the
smartest thing and cut them off. The water temp was 53 degrees and he stayed
clinging to the rock for more than an hour before someone heard him. A friend
(Murry) waded out and tried to free the man's foot, but couldn't. So Harry
lowered the dam to less than 100 cfs and they managed to free him. A
helicopter and ambulance made it in from Rangeley, but the guy refused their
services. Most of his stuff (back pack, vest, etc) was found, but not his 4
pice Sage rod. So..............

Harry
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

On 13 Jun 2004 16:12:48 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote:


Forgot to add:

Last Saturday, the 5th, a fly fisherman tried to run the river from Middle Dam
down to the Pond. He made it just past Harbeck Pool before he capsized. He
tried to wade ashore and got his foot stuck between some rocks. Fortunately
there was a big rock to hold on to. When his waders filled, he did the
smartest thing and cut them off. The water temp was 53 degrees and he stayed
clinging to the rock for more than an hour before someone heard him. A friend
(Murry) waded out and tried to free the man's foot, but couldn't. So Harry
lowered the dam to less than 100 cfs and they managed to free him. A
helicopter and ambulance made it in from Rangeley, but the guy refused their
services. Most of his stuff (back pack, vest, etc) was found, but not his 4
pice Sage rod. So..............

****in' A Tweetee Birds! Someone practicing Random Acts of Stupidity.

Why the hell would a *fishing* person be running the river? It ain't like
you're gonna have any chance to actually cast a fly!

What was he trying to float down in? A 'yak?

/daytripper (I didn't even know Frank was up there last weekend! ;-)

/daytripper (I didn't even know Frank was up there last weekend! ;-)

I'll have you know that I got out of my little dip in the Rapid on my own,
the only thing not intact was my pride.

--
Frank Reid
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In article , Dave
LaCourse wrote:

Forgot to add:

Last Saturday, the 5th, a fly fisherman tried to run the river from Middle Dam
down to the Pond. He made it just past Harbeck Pool before he capsized. He
tried to wade ashore and got his foot stuck between some rocks. Fortunately
there was a big rock to hold on to. When his waders filled, he did the
smartest thing and cut them off. The water temp was 53 degrees and he stayed
clinging to the rock for more than an hour before someone heard him. A friend
(Murry) waded out and tried to free the man's foot, but couldn't. So Harry
lowered the dam to less than 100 cfs and they managed to free him. A
helicopter and ambulance made it in from Rangeley, but the guy refused their
services. Most of his stuff (back pack, vest, etc) was found, but not his 4
pice Sage rod. So..............

Harry
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Holly crap whatta moron! Where's Darwin when you need em? why go to the
effort to get a boat above Middledam then try and run that river? Maybe
for a thrill in a wetsuit but in waders????!!
Allen

Last Saturday, the 5th, a fly fisherman tried to run the river from Middle
Dam
down to the Pond.

That should read "run the river in a kayak..." Damn fool didn't make 100
yards before he lost it. He is damn lucky they were only running 390 cfs,
otherwise he would have been a very large strike indicator somewhere in the
Pond.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html