[fish hawk]

Whether this article is true or not, the first line had me laughing out loud. Fly fishing was popular in Europe before America was a country. It has been a great American pass time from the founding fathers. Although A River Runs Through It was a great movie it sure didn’t “bring on” fly fishing.

[Bernard Marx]

I generally agree. Izaac Walton’s 1653 book “The Compleat Angler” popularized fly fishing in England. But Redford’s movie brought it to the American masses — which may be why our favorite streams are so crowded these days. Nothing wrong with that, I guess, but I sure miss those times of solitude with just me, the water, the beauty of nature and a wild trout I was trying to tempt to bite.