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Lefty Kreh, Flip Pallot, Stu Apte, Mark Sosin, Tim Rajeff, Bob Popovics, Dave Klausmeyer headline L.L.Bean’s annual celebration of all things fishing

FREEPORT, Maine—The biggest names in the history of fishing will be at L.L.Bean on March 20-21 for L.L.Bean’s annual Spring Fishing Weekend. These “Legends of Fishing” will be available at the store from 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday to visit with customers, share stories, sign autographs, books and more.

“To have fishing talent of this caliber in one place at one time is truly remarkable,” said Kelly Warsky, manager of retail promotions. “And we are so happy to give our customers, especially the younger ones, the very rare opportunity to talk face-to-face with the biggest names the fishing world has ever seen.”

Featured celebrity fly tyers include David Klausmeyer, Bob Popovics, Mike Martinek and Don Bastian. Other weekend highlights include free fly-casting lessons, kids’ activities, and a variety of demonstrations, clinics and seminars including presentations by the Maine Professional Guide Association, as well as several L.L.Bean experts.

Biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will also be conducting a special panel discussion on all things related to fishing in Maine. From March 19 through 21, special promotions include 20 percent off all Bean Brand fishing gear and apparel and 20 percent off all flies. And to celebrate L.L.Bean’s decision to only offer felt-free wading boots and waders in 2010 as a way to mitigate the transmission of invasive aquatic species, from March 19 through 21, customers who trade in their felt-soled wading boots will get an additional 10% off Bean Brand rubber-soled wading boots at the store. All event activities are free. For more information, visit www.llbean.com/events, or call 800-559-0747, ext. 37222.

About L.L.Bean, Inc.
L.L.Bean, Inc. is a leading multi-channel merchant of quality outdoor gear and apparel. Founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, the company began as a one-room operation selling a single product, the Maine Hunting Shoe. While its business has grown substantially, the company remains committed to the same honest principles upon which it was built – a focus on the customer, continuous product improvement and innovation, respect for people, preservation of the natural environment and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. The 220,000 sq. ft. Flagship campus of stores in Freeport, Maine is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and welcomes more than three million visitors each year. L.L.Bean can be found worldwide on www.llbean.com.

Contact: Mac McKeever, 207-552-6078, emckeever@llbean.com and on Twitter @LLBeanHuntFish

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Rich Schaaff lives along the banks of the East Fork of the Lewis River outside Portland, Oregon. with his wife Julie and their dog Cooper.

I moved out west around 10 years ago from the Upper West side of Manhattan. My first summer here I decided rather than settle down too quickly that I would head up to Homer, Alaska and fish my way back to Anchorage. It was the first time I realized the need for something bigger than a 6 wt rod.
After catching my breath I returned to Portland only to jump at the chance to meet my brother in Idaho and fish the Lochsa River & Kelly Creek for some surrealistic dry fly cutthroat fishing..

When I returned to Portland I don’t recall the actual moment when my fly fishing & photography hit head on but I knew when it did I was a goner.

Once I got into the rhythms of living in the NW I soon realized this was the place for me. I thought “Where else can you can get up in the morning and slam a fine cup of Stumptown coffee ,go steelhead fishing for a few hours, run home and put a couple of local micro-brewed beers in the drift boat and spend the rest of the evening casting big dries on a fly fishing only lake at dusk during a prolific hex hatch in the summer?”
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Stone Energy Corporation is requesting permits for two Marcellus Shale gas drilling projects in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. One is to legalize a natural gas exploration and development project at an existing well site and the other permit seeks to withdraw 700,000 gallons of water per day from the West Branch of the Lackawaxen River, a high-quality coldwater fishery.

Please tell the DRBC before March 12 not to issue any permits for Marcellus Shale gas drilling activities in the Delaware River watershed until it is has adopted 1) new regulations that include an analysis of, and take into account, the anticipated cumulative impacts of all gas drilling activities in the Delaware River watershed, and 2) an ecologically protective flow management plan for the Upper Delaware River.

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