I ran across an old friend tonight. A green cork and maribou popper. It's the first fly I can remember buying when I was a kid. I found it in a box with some old Shakespeare casting reels my Grandpa gave me in 1956. One of the reels was the original "President" which came on a "Wonder Rod" which I also have.

I think I paid about a quarter for that fly at a general store in Zenas, Ind. Funny how you remember certain things. That fly and several others like it, with some "little skunks" and a "Lazy Ike fly", a Heddon rod and a Shakespeare Fly Real, also from Grandpa, were my sum-total fly fishing gear for quite a few years.

That fly sure brought back a lot of memories of fishing on summer evenings on my uncle's farm. I think I'll make a frame for it and hang it over my tying bench. Keep those memories alive.