salmobytes wrote:
It just dawned on me. The movie "A River Runs Through It," which
I did like a lot, had footage for the two McLean brothers fishing
with Bunyan Bugs--in the 1920s, not far from their Model T Fords.

But the fly was invented by Norman Means in 1945:

It wouldn't be the first time that a fly was "invented" more
than once over the years.

--
Ken Fortenberry