Maine is one of the nation’s best-known and loved states by fly fishermen. The state is home to many legendary regions like: the Rangeley Lakes, Grand Lake Stream, the Belgrade Lakes and Moosehead Lake.
Maine has given us many legendary sportsmen as well: Cornelia Thurza Crosby, better-known as “Fly-Rod Crosby,” Carrie Stevens (the Gray Ghost), Herb Welch (artist and fly shop owner) and Louise Dickinson Rich (author of “We Took to the Woods”) to name a few. With all of this going for it, Maine has produced a few notable inventions that have contributed to the sport of fly fishing. Here are a five of my favorites.
Wow...Interesting Alonzo S Bacon was my 2x great uncle from Grand Lake Stream,
Thanks for the article and for making #1. Heard he also had a few others. His life was cut short when he was killed during hunting season by an out of state hunter in 1913.
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Wow...Interesting Alonzo S Bacon was my 2x great uncle from Grand Lake Stream,
Thanks for the article and for making #1. Heard he also had a few others. His life was cut short when he was killed during hunting season by an out of state hunter in 1913.
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