Congress passed, (yes, it does occasionally), the Coinage Act in April 1792 and established the first national mint in Philadelphia, our first Capitol, (no, it was not Mar-a-logo). Which brings me to my point, fly fishing. My lifetime subscription magazine from the Federation of Fly Fishers came today and after looking at the pictures of new killer fly patterns, I became confused. Formed in 1964 the FFF is almost as old as I am. In the early days when as a member, officer, noted fly tier and fishing instructor, we had special fly patterns that were carefully handed down from earlier generations. They were ‘killers’ in that they were tried and proven over many year by actual fly fishers.
It struck me that those patterns looked an awful lot like actual bugs and good enough for me to eat. They worked because they imitated the prey food much sought by game fish. read more
