[pwd72s]

Gawd, guys. I have an old Montague brand 2 piece fiberglass fly rod that I won in a Santiam Fish & Game association (Group now disbanded) banquet raffle when I was 12-13 maybe. Means the rod over 60 years old. The reel on it says "Bristol 69...Bristol Conn, USA". Dad gave me the reel. Dunno what the line is...had it leaning up against a wall in the garage. Just grabbed it so I could name drop on all my top of the line gear. My waders? Pair of shorts and chuck Taylor all stars. I'd fish a bit, climb out to warm up. Doubt I had $20 in the whole outfit.

Sure used to catch native cutthroat that were in a small stream near the Cascades summit of the south santiam pass tho. Logger who told us about the creek said he's have to kill us if we told anyone else about it. I never did. But like everything else in Oregon, it's probably been Californicated by now.