02-07-2014, 03:24 PM
I fell in love with fly fishing back in the 50s. I read everything I could find by Joe Brooks and finally scrounged up a telescoping steel fly rod. There was no fly line to be found in southern Illinois, so I made do with a length of heavy twine (honest).
Things vastly improved when I located a real fly rod outfit. Back then, lines had letter designation to designate taper, such as HGH. Today that rod would be considered a 9-wt. I used it on pond bluegills and bass - the only fish available to me.
The military and life intervened for many years, until I moved to Utah. Actual trout streams beckoned and I resumed the fly fishing addiction. I still fish all forms of tackle, but the long rod has a special draw for me.
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Things vastly improved when I located a real fly rod outfit. Back then, lines had letter designation to designate taper, such as HGH. Today that rod would be considered a 9-wt. I used it on pond bluegills and bass - the only fish available to me.
The military and life intervened for many years, until I moved to Utah. Actual trout streams beckoned and I resumed the fly fishing addiction. I still fish all forms of tackle, but the long rod has a special draw for me.
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