Great article on Lefty in the Washington Post Magazine today, tidbits of info
- 85 years old
- fought in the Battle of the Bulge
- caught anthrax in the 50's doing biological warfare research along with 2 others - he was the only one to live and they named the strain after him
- used to cast 8 fly rods at once for shows, one reel between every 2 fingers
- first article he wrote was about shooting squirrels from a canoe
- has a carp dough bait recipe that includes strawberry jello
- very active in project healing waters
- my wife thinks I am in the picture at the Virginia Fly Fishing Festival, Im the one holding the wine glass
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091304460.html
gotta watch the video, very moving