THE KENNEBEC HAS QUICKLY BECOME A MAINE FLY CO STAPLE! A MUST HAVE FOR ALL THE KENNEBEC CAN THROW YOUR WAY. KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TROUT RIVERS IN MAINE. A REALLY BALANCED STAPLE ROD THAT MOVES STREAMERS, NYMPHS AND PRESENTS DRIES WITH EASE. THIS DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY A LOCAL MAINE GUIDE AND HIS STORIES /EXPLORATIONS OF THE MIGHTY KENNEBEC RIVER AND ITS LARGE FISH PORTFOLIO. SO WHATS MORE FITTING THAN USING A VINTAGE MAINE GUIDE PATCH AS THE THEME FOR ITS COLOR DESIGN. THIS BATCH FEATURES: -4 PIECE, 9', 4W -PINE GREEN MATTE FINISH (WE ARE THE PINE TREE STATE) W/ BURNT ORANGE WRAPS -7" 100% ECO FRIENDLY FULL WELLS CORK GRIP -ALL WOOD REEL SEAT W/SILVER HARDWARE AND MATCHING HARDWARE - DUAL FOOT STRIPPING GUIDES FOLLOWED BY SINGLE FOOT SILVER GUIDES - A SOLID PERFORMING ALL AROUND STAPLE ROD - FINISHED WITH THE MAINE FLY CO SIGNATURE BRAND ON HANDLE - DELIVERED IN A BLACK CANVAS ROD SACK (ADD A ROD TUBE ONLY $30) NEW 3/2024 ~ 100% ECO-FRIENDLY SOLID NATURAL CORK. NOT ALL CORK IS CREATED EQUAL!! THE CORK USED FOR THIS ROD IS 100% ECO FRIENDLY! THE HARVESTING PROCESS OF THESE SPECIAL SLOW GROWTH CORK TREES IS PART OF THE SECRET SAUCE. ALL THAT IS REMOVED IS JUST THE BARK SECTION OF THE TREE WHICH REGENERATES EVERY 9 YEARS, SO IT IS COMPLETELY RENEWABLE. ADDITIONALLY, HARVESTING THE CORK BARK AT REGULAR INTERVALS ALLOWS THE TREE TO LIVE LONGER. REMOVING THE CORK BARK NOT ONLY INCREASES THE TREES LIFESPAN, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF CO2 IT CAN ABSORB FROM THE AIR BY REVEALING THE FRESH UNDERLYING LAYERS OF THE TREE’S TRUNK AND LOWER BRANCHES. IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, THE GLUE WE USE HAS NO SOLVENTS OR HARSH CHEMICALS MAKING OUR GRIPS 100% ECO-FRIENDLY. POWERED BY PLANTS, OUR EPOXIES FOR THIS ONE REPLACE PETRO-CHEMICALS WITH A RENEWABLE BIOBASED FORMULA. THE KENNEBEC RIVER IS A 170-MILE-LONG RIVER WHICH RUNS FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE IN NORTH-CENTRAL MAINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH SKOWHEGAN, AUGUSTA, AND ULTIMATELY DOWN TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN BATH. THE KENNEBEC RIVER IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE BEST TROUT RIVERS IN MAINE. BROOK TROUT IS COMMON IN ITS UPPER SECTIONS BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND MOOSEHEAD LAKE WHILE THE DOWNSTREAM SECTIONS ARE MOSTLY POPULATED BY BROWN AND RAINBOW TROUT.
