gunnurse
Senior Member
I have always had an affinity for fly fishing- even from childhood. I can remember sneaking my older brother’s bamboo fly rod out when he was gone. I remember the delicate features of the balsa wood box that held it. Fly fishing was about all my big brother did.
I remember Ed’s Lake down in Lafayette, GA. For a buck and a half a day, you could spend time chasing the “monsters” that you knew the legend of in that lake. I was destined to bank fish with my mom (who was convinced that I would fall into the lake and drown at any moment) while I wistfully watched my dad paddle my brother around the lake edges and have big shell crackers rise to his poppers. Unfortunately, my time never quite came to be paddled around. My dad suffered serious back injuries in a car wreck, and his paddling days were over.
i found the next generation fly rod that my brother used after the bamboo. A heavy, clunky old rusty red fiberglass job with metal ferrules. Stiff, heavy, and cumbersome. But that rod connected me back to grander times, to stories told, to simpler times, and to a bond that my brother and I still share- fly fishing. Thank God for brothers, fly rods, and good times.
I remember Ed’s Lake down in Lafayette, GA. For a buck and a half a day, you could spend time chasing the “monsters” that you knew the legend of in that lake. I was destined to bank fish with my mom (who was convinced that I would fall into the lake and drown at any moment) while I wistfully watched my dad paddle my brother around the lake edges and have big shell crackers rise to his poppers. Unfortunately, my time never quite came to be paddled around. My dad suffered serious back injuries in a car wreck, and his paddling days were over.
i found the next generation fly rod that my brother used after the bamboo. A heavy, clunky old rusty red fiberglass job with metal ferrules. Stiff, heavy, and cumbersome. But that rod connected me back to grander times, to stories told, to simpler times, and to a bond that my brother and I still share- fly fishing. Thank God for brothers, fly rods, and good times.