She came for a visit in February. We sat at the kitchen table, and I showed her how to tie a fly.

This fly (her Instagram post)...



I remembered to put it in the box this past weekend. To my surprise, it worked:



Fish number six broke it off.

Casting, I noticed the VXP (6wt) seemed stiffer than usual. Later, I come to find out I grabbed the Z Axis (8wt) on accident. In case you're wondering, it throws a Wulff BTT 6 line very well!