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Thanks- I've fished in Yellowstone Park (Fire Hole) and other MT. waters (Big Horn, etc.) but never the Railroad Ranch. The late Ernest Hemingway fished Silver Creek in ID in the late 1930's- as guest of Averill Harriman at Sun Valley, but never read if he fished the Railroad Ranch sector of the Henry's Fork. Hemingway appreciated good fishing tackle, as he did his good quality firearms- Hardy Brothers seemed to have been his preferred rods, both for fly fishing, and also on his fishing boat, the Pilar. He used Hardy Perfect fly reels, and mainly Vom Hofe Salt Water reels on the Pilar. RWTF
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GLS, if my toddler daughter wants a brook trout tattoo when she reaches a suitable age, I may offer to pay for it and get a matching one! Dan, after a trip Julia wrote this poem: I cast and drop the line In fast black flow, the brook and rainbow yield to sun and show, My father gives the sign And draws the slender curve to land his fly where a gold lip of water pools nearby, and tugs the river’s wild nerve. Gil Beautifully written - you are lucky to have a daughter that has such an obvious affinity for the outdoors and incidental pursuits! I hope I am as fortunate. - Dan
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Dan, after a trip Julia wrote this poem:
I cast and drop the line In fast black flow, the brook and rainbow yield to sun and show, My father gives the sign
And draws the slender curve to land his fly where a gold lip of water pools nearby, and tugs the river’s wild nerve.
Gil Just WOW !
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If you appreciate wry, dry humor and a sense of irony, this is your guy. I suspect that John owns a doublegun or two (from past stories he's written) but his focus is clearly on fishing. His affinity for bamboo rods and his articles on the subject (& one whole book, "Fishing Bamboo") got me started down that road long ago now. He's cost me alot of money and time over the years (all well-spent IMHO) His latest and arguably, his best so-far. His list of books is quite long, so... read at your own risk. Indeed he does own a doublegun. In one of his books, and I don’t remember which one, he wrote of pulling his old pickup truck up against the curb in one of those old Colorado towns slowly being converted to yuppiedom. As he stepped onto the sidewalk he was scolded by a ‘not from around here’ young woman about that “awful shotgun in his back window.” His quick reply was “That’s no ‘shotgun’ lady, that’s a Parker!”
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DAM16SXS: I vaguely remember that story too, but it's been so-long since I read it I can't remember where (Sex, Death & Flyfishing?). Suffice it to say that amongst other things, he's likely a practitioner of the fine art of shotgunning as well.
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Based on Cahill’s visit to his study/gun room/man cave I’d say there’s no doubt.
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