The story I recall from reading it somewhere was similar, but took place on stream. Apparently Fran was fishing with a small party of guys and one of the elder anglers out of desperation tied a fly [on the stream bank] with a "gob of deer hair" and they started catching fish. I cant recall from the story who initially tied the fly, it well could have been Fran's father, but it was not Fran.


If I come across the story I will put it here. CJ