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Experience Maine Fly Fishing Camps with Grant’s Kennebago Camps

Jun 30, 2022

For more than a century and a half, people have traveled to Kennebago, Maine to experience its natural beauty and fly fish in its plentiful bodies of water. In the early days, people would hike nine miles through a dense forest to reach the lake. Later that trip was replaced by a 12-mile wagon ride and then by a rail bus and steamboat. People kept coming back for the same reasons they do today: the plentiful fly-fishing opportunities, the natural

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Welcome 2021

May 18, 2021

Carolyn and I would like to thank everyone who ventured out last year. We are very proud that you trusted us to keep you Covid safe and will continue, with all applicable safe guards again this year. Also thank you again for your patience with the National Geographic film crew working with our guides and staff to produce an outdoor survival miniseries. This will be aired early spring/summer and is called Call of the Wild. Chefs Larry and Bob along

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Tips for early Spring fishing on the Kennebago

Apr 25, 2019

After the ice leaves Kennebago Lake, smelts are found in great quantities at the mouths of the brooks and streams. This is where trout and salmon feed too. Check out some tips and flies for fishing this time of year.

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Kennebago Lake Ranks #1 in 2018 Downeast Magazine Maine Lakes Power Rankings!

Apr 01, 2019

#1 Kennebago Lake Towns: Davis and Stetsontown townships Max depth: 116 feet Key player: Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Kennebago and its strong bench of surrounding lakes and rivers are legendary among fly-fishermen. Mainers will tell you it’s where streamer fishing as we know it was born — the lake is known for trout and landlocked salmon, which grow fat and gullible in its clear, clean water. The largest lake to allow only fly-fishing east of the Mississippi, Kennebago is also the

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Grant’s Camps Represented at the Long Island Fly Fishing Show

Mar 18, 2019

Another fantastic Fly Fishing Expo on Long Island. Great fly tyers, speakers, exhibits, vendors and films. Larry Gentile, Chef at Grant’s Kennebago Camps and resident fly tyer, representing. 

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