A spare rod, owned by Tim Richardson of Dover-Foxcroft, sits at the ready on the west bank of Kennebec River. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Tim Richardson casts a line into the Kennebec River. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Two men carry their fishing rods across Route 6 toward Moosehead Lake. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Barry Bacon of Belgrade casts a line on the Kennebec River, just below Moosehead Lake, while his friends Scott Snell, left, and Ronald Young look on. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Ron Pearl of Indianapolis casts a line into Moosehead Lake while Little and Big Spencer mountains loom in the background. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Dan Tooker of Sheridan, Ind., admires his freshly caught trout – in a net held by Kennebec River angling guide Chris Russell – before releasing it back into the Kennebec River, just below Moosehead Lake. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Dan Tooker casts a fly from a drift boat on the Kennebec River, just below Moosehead Lake. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer

Tony Derosby of Freeport casts into the Kennebec River, just below Moosehead Lake. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer