I remember one of the Herter fly patterns. It was a "Joe Hopper". It sticks in my mind because of one particular fishing outing. All my family fly fished, not only my parents, but my sister as well. One day trip in the early 1970s was at a state park lake in Eastern Iowa called Lake Darling. The four of us caught over 130 keeper-sized panfish, in less than two hours. All on the Joe Hopper. I don't recall anyone else at the lake, using conventional tackle, catching any fish during that time.
I was using a little Berkley outfit, my first fly rod. I do remember that the combo, including rod, reel, line, and a dozen flies cost $8.88 before sales tax. I still have the reel.
Come to think about it, I think we stopped at the Mitchell, SD store once as well, on a family trip to Montana...
Last edited by Ken61; 12/15/14 08:22 PM.
