As blue-collar as it gets...

[Phil Yearout]

an old Horrocks-Ibbotson glass rod, a Pflueger Medalist, and bluegills on the first day of summer...

https://i.imgur.com/sB2cF1ml.jpg

[Garry L Gordon]

Blue collar bluegills seem just right to me.

[Daryl Corona]

Nice rig Phil. One of my favorite fish but I'm really blue collar cause I use a spinning rod with worms.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

On Father's Day went fishing with my son. He fished for bass while I happily pulled big bluegills off the spawning beds. We had a good fish fry that evening.

[allen newell]

For many years the Medalist fly reels were the most popular fly reels used. And for good reason. And we all had them back in the day

[CraigThompson]

Nice rig Phil. One of my favorite fish but I'm really blue collar cause I use a spinning rod with worms.

Jesus a worm fisherman with night crawlers in a red Hills Brothers coffee can ! Little take off on “A River Runs Through It” ! :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

[CraigThompson]

I’ve got a Horrocks and Ibbotson split cane 8 footer that’s for something like 5 or 6 weight . Damn things a noddle , but it was a gift from my parents many years ago along with a split cane boat rod . I had the fly rod refinished and probably cost more than the darn things worth , but there is a bit of sentimental value .

[Brian Stucker]

I snagged a 8.5 ft Fenwick rod and Pflueger reel and some #8 line at the local hardware store in 1974. Probably less than $100 with some flies too. A local showed me some spots and taught me the essential knots-sewed a leader on the 'clothesline' and I was off. Caught 100's of planted rainbows only 25 minutes from campus. Those were some the best days of my outdoor life. Then I discovered duck hunting and it's been the main obsession ever since.
Wish I had my old fly outfit on the wall.