BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 30, 2022
Sean McCormick fell in love with fishing as a teenager. My son William and I were fortunate on Sunday to accompany Sean on a daylong drift down a 6 1/2-mile stretch of the Kennebec. We were treated to a master class in Kennebec fly fishing by a man who not only knows the river but is eager to share his knowledge not only of fishing, but for wildlife, plants and flowers and conservation. An hour into the trip I was able to put my fly on target and within two seconds, I saw a flash as a brown trout inhaled the fly. I raised the rod tip to set the hook. The gorgeous brown trout was golden on top and bottom, with black and red spots dotting a white background down the middle from nose to tail.