The Sportsman Corner

I have not always been a "dinosaur." At one time, I actually kept up with modern trends, except perhaps for items of clothing, which I used until they wore out or until Donna slyly discarded them. I always knew when she'd done that because she'd approach me and say, "You need a new (the item of clothing)."

Otherwise, I was not more than 20 years behind the trends of the day. As modern fly rods were developed from Space Age materials, I successfully stashed away "mad money" and procured a number of them. Although I have never become what you'd call a great fly caster, these graphite rods hav...