Maine Guide Fly Shop

PO Box 1202
Greenville, Me 04441
Phone: 207-695-2266
www.maineguideflyshop.com

Directions:

From Newport - Follow route 7 to route 23 into Dover Foxcroft, take a left onto route 6 all the way to Greenville. As you come into town you will go down a hill and the shop is on the left.

From Bangor - take route 15 all the way to Dover Foxcroft, then turn left onto route 6 all the way to Greenville. As you come into town you will go down a hill and the shop is on the left.

Store Hours:

Summer Hours: 7am - 5:30pm Monday - Saturday, Sunday 9am - 5pm
We close October - November and have winter hours 5am - 5pm Thursday - Sunday

First Impressions:

I have been going into this shop for a while now so there is no first impression. For me this place is like the atmosphere on Cheers, once you have been in a few times, you are greeted by name. These are really good people which makes this a must stop when I am in Greenville. When my wife was pregnant, Penny was always asking how she was when I was in there.

I am always drawn to the big brook trout on the wall as I enter. The next thing that gets my attention is Penny's big smile and greeting. This shop has one of the largest selections of flies I have seen; there are flies from trout to bass in every shape, color or size. This is a fully stocked shop as they have rods and reels as well as all the fly tying materials you will need to tie your own. If you have forgotten anything at home, they should have it. They also have all your spin fishing needs, so if you like to mix it up, they can accommodate you. Also, if it's winter time, they will have live bait for your ice fishing needs.

If it is fishing information you are after then this is the place. They have been at it a long time and know the area well. If the fish are biting, then they know where.

Who They Are:

In 1975 with an Associates Degree in Forestry the job market prospects in Maine was bleak. The forest products industry was on the low end of the curve with no new jobs to be had. I would have had to leave the state to find work. I already had my guides license & decided I would give a go at finding a guiding job somewhere in Maine. I was fortunate enough to land a job at Rideout's Lodge & Cottages on East Grand Lake. I was fortunate again that one of the old time guides, Woody Craig, took a like' in to me and taught me the essentials of good guiding. The owner at the time George Graham impressed upon me that hard work and dedication to your own business could pay-off so after 4 years I struck off and started a commercial fly tying business with the idea of opening a fly shop one day. Three years of banging on doors and establishing good accounts with L.L. Bean and Kittery Trading Post along with many more gave me the chance to open a shop and not go broke in the process. My search for a location settled me in Greenville opening the doors in 1982. I met my wife, Penny, after a year in Greenville who soon became my partner in business and life. Shortly after, I called a gathering of guides and explained that I could probably get work for those willing to come aboard. Things have changes over the years both with the fishery and the methods used. I brought the second drift boat into Maine fifteen years ago and today our staff of guides, myself included, spend better than 200 days on the water in the Moosehead Lake Region.

We carry rods, reels, lines and products by Orvis, St. Croix, Diamondback, JP Ross, Cortland, Sci Angler, Fish Pond, Loon, Teton, Okuma, Pflueger, Cocoon, Anglers Expressions and much more. Our fly bins display over 400 fly patterns for trout, salmon, bass, pike, and musky.

Our guide service offers drift boat trips on the East Outlet and Penobscot River for landlock salmon and brookies. We use float tubes to fish many of the countless remote ponds for wild brookies. Bass bugging for smallmouth is very popular. And we offer extended trips for landlocks on the Upper West Branch of the Penobscot. In the last few years we have been offering spring and fall musky trips in northern Maine. They can be caught on a fly. Every summer we run a trip or two to Northern Quebec for big brookies and even bigger pike.

Dan Legere
Fly Shop Owner and Guide