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I have been canoeing in Maine since around 1985 in the days when we flew with canoes attached to the float planes. I met Milford Kidney at Lock Dam on what might have been his last year as dam keeper. I have done the St. Croix, East Branch Penobscot, Upper West Branch Penobscot and the...

I believe that the water level is almost always too low in the fall to start an Allagash trip on Allagash lake because there’s not enough water in the Stream to make it down to Chamberlain. But with all the water we’ve had this summer and are still having I wonder whether a trip in late...

I am planning a trip to the Allagash this fall. I plan to start at Churchill Dam. I have done the Allagash several times before, starting at Johnson Pond, Indian Stream, and Lock Dam (when we used to fly in before they banned canoes from float planes.) I understand that there is potable...

I have an Optimus 8R box stove that I got in the 1970’s. I just re-built it. Wondering if it is possible to get all the gas out to fly with it in checked luggage. I think not because these stoves use a rope wick inside the tank which will still give off fumes. I am afraid to risk it to the...

I am planning a trip to the Allagash starting September 19 for about a week. I plan to both spin fish and fly fish. I am planning to troll some streamers on the lakes. And, fly cast with attractors (Montreal Whores and Mickey Finns and variants) in the fast water and around inlets and outlets...

I have done the Allagash three times in May back in the late 80’s. Even met Milford Kidney at Lock Dam. I am planning a trip this year in mid-September. The water will be too low to put in above Allagash Lake. I am trying to decide where to put-in. My buddy wants to see the trains. What...