George Cleveland wrote:
Today I was looking for info on a discontinued reel (Lamson DCA). I
went upstatirs to my closet and poked through what Jacci calls my
"cardboard library". I've got fly fishing magazines and catalogues in
there dating back to the late 70s. I was soon sitting on the bed and
flipping through their pages. One thing that became very noticeable in
a very short time is how little has changed in our sport in the last
20 years. 20 years ago the reels looked pretty much the same as did
the rods. Most were produced by the same companies. The only two
things that I can think of that are somewhat innovative (i.e. not in
the pages of those old mags) are CDC flies and Large Arbor reels.


Can anyone think of anything else?

Seems like we've got a specialty fly line for everything
nowadays. Bass taper, steelhead taper, bluegill on every
odd Tuesday taper, etc. etc. Used to be just WF & DT.

Then there's fluorocarbon and the only one of all of the
above that's an actual improvement, IMNSHO, Frog Fanny.

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Ken Fortenberry