ELUSIVE BROOKIE
Great Summer issue. Redolent of Gray’s Sporting Journal but better. I noticed in the story about the Bolton Ranch Club [“Fish Hippies”] that one of the guys had what looked like my first not-hand-me-down fly rod and reel, an Orvis Madison setup.
I spent my first 10 years in Rumford, Rhode Island. I’d ride my bike to Ten Mile River below the Seekonk Reservoir to fish for sunfish, yellow perch and