Bernard “Bun” Ward can’t remember exactly when he first discovered this tiny village nestled in the Down East woods.

“It’s been a while,” the Columbia Falls fly fisherman said Wednesday as he stood in a parking lot overlooking the famed Dam Pool of Grand Lake Stream. “I guess the first time I was down here was 45 years ago. In fact, Ted Williams was around then.”

Yes, Ted Williams used to come here. So did sportscaster Curt Gowdy, whose favorite fishing spot, a little outcropping overlooking a particularly productive piece of water, now bears his name.

Assorted other TV personalities visited as well. Many came to fish for smallmouth bass. Many others made the trek to rural eastern Maine hoping to tangle with a hard-fighting landlocked salmon.    Read more……