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1) My Kennebec River and Casco Bay striper/bluefish trips take place aboard my Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 2300 Lite Tackle Edition, powered by a 225
hp Yamaha 4 stroke outboard. I can safely, swiftly and quietly transport up to 5 anglers and provide them with plenty of comfort, dry storage and casting space. If you are in the market for the Cadillac of Northeast striper boats, check out jonesbrothersmarine.com. The Jones Brothers line of boats is available at Baert Marine in Danvers, MA. baertmarine.com For information regarding the incredibly reliable and fuel efficient Yamaha
outboards, go to yamaha-motor.com/

2) I use my "secret weapon", a 16' 1" Peenoe Classic, for most of my freshwater bass trips and some of my saltwater trips. Although it looks like a typical Maine square stern canoe, it has many features of a Florida flats boat. Built in "outriggers" provide incredible stability, and enable my clients to stand up on the bow casting deck and safely fly or spin cast. Check out the entire line of these unique boats at spiderboats.com. A number
of my clients have purchased a Peenoe for their own personal use. If you are in the market for a small, maintenance free and easy to transport fishing
boat, give me a call. I am the Maine "rep" for the Spider Boat Company.

3)My spin casting clients catch the majority of their stripers on slug-gos and jigs made by Lunker City.Check out their comprehensive line of soft plastic lures at lunkercity.com

4) I have purchased fishing gear and outerwear from LL Bean since the the 1950s. They stand behind their products like no other company. Go to llbean.com for anything to keep you warm and dry in the outdoors.

5) I carry a minimum of 6 fully rigged fly rods on my boat at all times. The LLBean Orion series is my number 1 choice. See the entire selection at llbean.com.

6) I supply my customers with the very finest and most durable fly reels on the market. My Billy Pate reels, purchased in the 1980s, still look and perform like new. The Billy Pate line has been replaced by the modern Tibor reel. Check them out at tiborreel.com/

7) There is no one flyline that functions perfectly under all conditions. I provide my customers with a variety of tapers and densities from Teeny jimteeny.com, Rio rioproducts.com and Airflo flylines.com.

8) MinnKota manufactures the most dependable trolling motor on the market today (I have tried them all). My remote control 80 lb. thrust bow mount pulls the 23' Jones Brothers with no noise and no problem. I own a number of
stern mount MinnKotas that push my 17' Lund and 16' Peenoe. Elfring Enterprises (207 865-1027) is the Maine MinnKota Service Center. Go to minnkotamotors.com for more information.

9) I never head down the Kennebec River without my waterproof navigational charts onboard. The very best charts on the market are made by THE ORIGINAL
WATERPROOF CHART Co. They can ship you the chart of your choice in a hurry. waterproofcharts.com

10) Nearly all my flies come from UMPQUA FEATHER MERCHANTS. They have a fabulous web site making it easy to see before you buy. umpqua.com

11) The ocean is a very hostile environment for spinning reels. I have had good success with reels from OKUMA okumafishing.com, PENN pennreels.com and Quantum quantumfishing.com. Luke's Reel Repair (207 985-2492) gives them an annual tune up and keeps them working like new.

12) For Berkely line, Fenwick rods and Abu Garcia reels I rely on PURE FISHING. purefishing.com.

13) FISHPOND makes high quality luggage, back packs, tackle packs and accessories for anglers. Check out their web site fishpondusa.com.