John D. Voelker, aka "Robert Traver", first penned those lines in reference to the brook trout, grayling and steelhead in Michigan's rivers and the beautiful places where they lived.
Oops... John Dallas nailed it. I first read that when I was about 16 and had just started tying my own flies around then.
(I see that it was published in '64. I was 16 on Jan 18, 1964)
.
__________________
"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
|