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Tuesday, January 13
Shawn McCormick
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On Sunday, May 18th we had some fly fishing mentors take folks fishing on the St. George River.  Everyone seemed to have a great time and some fish were caught too!  We had people with a wide variety of experience and everyone had something to learn.

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Meeting details:

Blue Heron Fly Fishing in Rockport January 13

Georges River Trout Unlimited (GRTU) welcomes Sean McCormick, owner operator of Blue Heron Fly Fishing (https://blueheronflyfishing.com/) in Whitefield, ME, for a presentation on fly fishing the Kennebec River. McCormick became a Registered Maine Guide 33 years ago and started Blue Heron Fly Fishing. Not coming from a fly fishing family, McCormick initially learned to tie and cast by trial and error. He grew up on the Sheepscot River and by high school was chasing Atlantic Salmon with his fly rod most summer evenings. Fly fishing became his obsession!

 

McCormick guides clients on the Kennebec River for trout and salmon until the water temperature gets too high midsummer, then for smallmouth bass until the water cools again each autumn. He is on his fourth Hyde drift boat and ties all the flies used on Blue Heron Fly Fishing charters each season. His obsession has not waned over the years and his passion has spread, with McCormick’s son joining Blue Heron Fly Fishing this summer as a young Registered Maine Guide ready to start his own journey helping others enjoy their time on the Kennebec River.


Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization with a mission dedicated to conserve, protect and restore North America's cold water fisheries and their watersheds. The GRTU meeting January 13 will be held upstairs in the fly shop at Maine Sport in Rockport. The meeting will start at 6 pm with “Trout Talk,” an informal gathering for those who wish to visit before the presentation. The formal meeting and featured presentation begin at 7pm. GRTU conducts a raffle directly following the speaker. TU membership is open to all. GRTU meetings are free and open to the public. Visit us on Facebook, or online at www.georgesrivertu.org.

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