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MPGA ProPlan Special MPGA Member Discounts! For many years, the Maine Professional Guides Association has worked with many special suppliers of guiding equipment and services to develop our current selection of discounts known as the MPGA ProPlan. This is their way of supporting the Association and its goals. Please be sure to mention your are a member of the Maine Professional Guides Association and that you appreciate the support these participants are showing by giving our members a discount. The participants are listed below with their discount offering and contact information. Some have asked us to provide you with coupons that you may use when buying from the sponsor. Please contact our ProPlan Coordinator for coupons as indicated. The following is a list of our current participants. We will be adding many more soon as we re-confirm their offers. 1. Alder Stream Canvas Canvas backpacks, pack basket liners, fly fishing books and tarps. Call for a brochure (265-5104) or write: Alder Stream Canvas. 21 Salem Rd. Kingfield, ME 04947 2. Burris Scope Get a 60% discount on scopes, spotting scopes or binoculars. One purchase per year per guide for up to 2 items. Request coupon from ProPlan Coordinator. 3. Eddie's Flies and Tackle They offer 20% off everything, except flies, to all members with a current membership card. They are located at 303 Broadway in Bangor. Stop by and see their selection. 4. EZ-Web Strapping This strapping is a strong, durable and fully adjustable tie down system. It comes in a variety of lengths, strengths and has unique connectors and hooks, which makes it fully adaptable. There are special packs for ATVs, canoes or create your own configurations with the value packs of 3/8 or 7/16 cords. Groove Tech offers this innovative alternative to the traditional bungie cord at a 25% discount. Visit their website at www.buyezweb.com. Call or write the ProPlan Coordinator to obtain a certificate to order this product. The discounted price for these packages is as follows:
5. FlyRod Jackie Buy custom made Fly Rods at a 20% discount. Contact the MPGA ProPlan Coordinator for an authorization number and then call FlyRod Jackie at 207-562-8559. Check out the web site for additional items offered like fly rod repair and fly fishing lessons along with rods and reels. 6. David A. Footer Wilderness and Wildlife Artist. He gives members a 50% discount on art work (prints, large and small, note cards and paintings on paddles). Contact Dave at 151 Golden Rd, Lewiston, ME 04240. Ph: 783-3501 7. Fort Kent Ski-Doo Offers a 15% discount on Bombardier, Johnson and Evinrude parts, accessories and sportswear. They also offer commercial discounts on Ski-Doo snowmobiles, Bombardier ATV’s, PrinceCraft boats, Pontoon boats, Johnson and Evinrude outboard motors, as well as aluminum docks and boat lifts. Contact Gary Dumond at 834-3607, or email. www.fortkentskidoo.com. 8. Fraser’s Trading Post Located at 15 Main St in Patten is offering a 10% discount on all items excluding taxidermy. Just show your current membership card at the store or you can order over the Internet a www.fraserstradingpost.com. You will need to get an authorization number from the ProPlan Coordinator for the discount if ordering online. 9. Books by Gil Gilpatrick Gil offers a 20% discount on any of his books. Books written by a guide for guides. Titles include: Building Snowshoes and Snowshoe Furniture, Building a Strip Canoe, Allagash and Building Outdoor Gear. Contact the ProPlan Coordinator for a certificate. Books are available by mail or can be picked up. Call or write Gil at 453-6959 or PO Box 461, Skowhegan, ME 04976 for more information. 10. Hertz Hertz offers rental of a full-sized through mid-sized car (Class C, D, or F) for a day, weekend, or week. An upgrade is available. Just mention this offer and your CDP# at the time of reservation. You will be required to show the Hertz membership card (available from your ProPlan Coordinator). 11. Jack Traps Jack Traps offers a 15% less retail discount on 4 traps. These traps are the 26" Standard Jack Trap, the 31" Standard Jack Trap, the 43" Big Bob Jack Trap and the 31" cross Type Jack trap. Each trap features an easy trip system, no wind flags, a heavy gauge aluminum reel, rugged maple construction and fasteners with 1/2" screws. Contact Tim Jackson at 933-2219 or visit the website at www.jacktraps.com. 12. Lincoln Motor Company Offers a 10% discount on all Sylvan, Smoker Craft boats and Honda motors. Call (207)794-2741. Located in Lincoln, ME. 13. L.L.Bean Member Guides get direct discounts at the L.L.Bean retail store in Freeport, Maine, by mail order, and by telephone order! Discounts are typically 33%, and range up to 40%. The discounts are available 365 days a year, and are restricted to items for members' use either personally or by the members' clients. Products covered include outdoor items like hunting, fishing, camping and boating gear, plus clothing and footwear. Retail store departments include Hunting/Fishing Store, the Camping Department, and the Boat/Bike/Ski Store. Exclusions include the Kids Department, Home Department and the Travel Department. Required: Regardless of whether you shop at the retail store, by mail or by phone, members MUST show a current Maine Professional Guides Association membership card AND a photo ID. Click Here for details on the discount program including actual product discounts and how to receive the discount, and to download and print a special L.L.Bean ProPlan Brochure. 14. MDM (Millennium Designed Muzzleloaders, Ltd) Offers members a 20% discount on the complete line of MDM firearms and accessories. Limited to one purchase per year per model of the MDM muzzleloaders. No limit on the accessories. View the complete selection of products online at www.MDM-muzzleloaders.com 15. Northeast Pheasant Masters Offering a 20% discount to all MPGA members on all upland bird hunts on the preserve. Call Dana Masters at 647-2844 or email him at pheahnt@megalink.net for details. 16. Old Town Canoe Canoes and kayaks (no accessories). One canoe per every three years. New products are at a special price and blems are 8% off. Pick up directly from the factory with a coupon from the ProPlan Coordinator. Instructions are on the coupon. 17. Outdoor Edge Knives (hunting, skinning and fillet), ceramic sharpeners, 50% off. One order per year with a coupon from the program coordinator. 18. Outdoor Magazine of Vermont They are offering a 25% discount on year round ads to all members. Please contact Frank Stanley at 800-499-0447 for details. 19. Pole & Paddle Canoe Makers of traditional canoes and gear. All hand made in Maine. Offering 10% off on any product except canoes. Also offering 25% off the Pole and Paddle Pack Saw. Check out their website at www.poleandpaddle.com. 20. Rivers Edge Offers Old Town Canoes, kayaks, and accessories with very completive pricing. Guide discounts on all watercraft, with fleet discounts to rental outfits and sporting camps. Accessories are included in the program. Delivery is available. Complete wooden canoe repair and restoration, shuttle service and canoe and kayak rental. We also have handmade ash pack baskets, canoe poles, and canoe motor brackets. Contact Jason Bouchard, Rivers Edge, HC 67, Box 28, Enfield, ME 04493. Ph: 207-732-5742. 21. Seaspray Kayaking Scott Shea of Seaspray Kayaking will offer all members 20% off all kayak purchases, including accessories. Must have a guide’s license and current MPGA membership card. Visit their website at www.seaspraykayaking.com or stop at the New Meadows Inn in West Bath. (207) 443-3646. 22. The Great Outdoors of Maine Visit their store on Rte 202 in Winthrop. They are offering all members a 10% discount and stock a variety of hunting, archery, camping, fishing, clothing, footwear and other sporting goods items. Get great selections at great prices. 23. Van Raymond Outfitters Offers a 10% discount on most items except firearms and fishing poles. Ask at the store in Brewer. Make sure you show your membership card. 24. More... Many of our past ProPlan Sponsors will be added to this page soon. Meanwhile, for questions about any of the following please email our ProPlan Coordinator.
ProPlan Questions? For questions about our ProPlan and the benefits available, contact our ProPlan Coordinator: Bob Parker Comments, Suggestions & Complaints Please! Send all your comments, suggestions and complaints directly to the Association via email or US mail - not to our ProPlan Sponsors. MPGA has negotiated these discounts and will strive in the future to continue improving this program.
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