Salmon Country

A trip back to the heyday of Atlantic salmon sport fishing in Downeast Maine

Between the late 1940s and the late 1980s Downeast Maine was world famous for its Atlantic Salmon fishing.  People came, from around the corner and around the world, to cast a fly to the "king of the sport fish".  With the recent decline of salmon populations in the Downeast rivers this industry and the culture that surrounds it is a fading into history.  Fortunately Phil Harriman of Cherryfield, a visionary and dedicated salmon advocate for more than 50 years, has preserved a piece of history from the heyday of Atlantic salmon angling in Downeast  Maine.  Phil's film Salmon Country, originally created as a promotional film for the Narraguagus River Inn and Guiding Service, now serves as one of the few pieces of motion picture documantation of this period in Downeast history.  He takes us from landlocked fishing on Tunk Lake to the crowds gathering to watch a sea-run salmon landed in downtown Cherryfield.  The film truly brings you back to bygone days.

29 minutes

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