After reading your letter, I once again have the same chills I got when I read Charlie Kroll's letter telling me he was cashing in his chips. He fished the Ausable ( he lived right on the banks, on Old Dam Road ), came up, sat on his bench by the river, waders still on, laid my fly rod I had made him across his lap and ended his life. He had already put my letter in his mailbox, then he fished, so...very calculated and he knew what he wanted. Odd the last thing he ever did was fly fished. Jerry

Parker Hawes Rods
 

We have a very nice start on an article on Parker - Hawes rods for Parker Pages. The annual meeting will consume most of the winter issue. The Parker Hawes story may appear in this (Winter 2010) and the Spring issue, or in its entiety in Spring 2011. We have some nice photos of Parker Hawes fly rods but do not have anything on the tournament rod or the boat/bait rod. Parker began marketing Edson at the same time; does anyone have any Edson info; or a 1930 vintage Edson Tiger?

Thanks Austin

Are you referring to the fly or was there a rod by this name?

If the fly - light or dark?

Edson
 

Dean; in addition to streamers, Edson sold nets, leaders, fly floating solution and other tackle. Parker took on marketing of Edson's line at the same time they took on Hawes rods.Any commercial fly on an Edson card would be great.

Best, Austin

Thanks Austin. I've seen such items identified as Edson but I had no idea that the Edson Tiger Light and Edson Tiger Dark flies were associated with the tackle company.