Ordering a rod blank and thread was one of the last close memories that I had with my father as we prepared a father son rod building project. I was 13 at the time and sent away for the kit with my own money that I saved by mowing lawns. My father and I were never very close and I hoped that this would be a glue that could bind us closer, a father son project.

The rod kit NEVER arrived and I finally called MN headquarters and was told I would never get the rod, they went out of business.

My father passed away a year later.

For a 12 year old fly tyer, Professional Fly Tying and Spinning was my bible, Between Goerges innovations and blunders, I started tying my own fly's my own way and while he was still alive, confounding my father with strange looking "nymphs"(he was a dry fly purist).