TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



All through the Rangeley Region the angler can find 

 good camps at which to put up where the food is good and 

 plentiful, and where guides are to be obtained, as a rule. 



Board at the camps costs from $2.50 to $3.00 per day, 

 but special rates can be obtained for a stay of a week or 

 more. Boats or canoes cost 50 cents per day, or $3.00 if 

 hired by the week. It costs $3.00 per day for a guide, and 

 the angler has to pay for the guide's board, which varies 

 from $1.00 to $1.25 per day, depending upon the camp. 



If two anglers go together, then the cost of the guide, 

 his board and the cost of the boat or canoe can be cut in 

 half. 



Provided that anglers can afford it, the better way is 

 for each angler to have his own guide and boat, because 

 in this way greater pleasure and success are to be had 

 while fishing. 



After having fished many waters in the States where 

 the Brook Trout is to be found in streams and lakes, and 

 having fished the Rangeley Region for years, and more 

 especially the upper section, both in the Spring and Fall, 

 I am prepared to say without reservation that there is no 

 place in the United States which offers to the angler such 

 wonderful fly-fishing for the Speckled Beauty, and where 

 they are so plentiful and grow to such a great size as in 

 the Rangeley Region of Maine. 



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