Old friend

[Oldhipboots]

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.

[Tim_T]

Sweet find. Sounds like these things bring back a lot of fine memories. Glad you found them.

[RICHYD4U]

Sounds like good memories. It is amazing the little things we remember as kids growing up...things that stand out more than anything else.

-Rich