As a viable alternative to sending your check to Jim Hatch's fine organization, I have listed my 3 step approach to getting the wife to let you have a boo rod.
1. Marry a woman who fly fishes and ties flies.
2. If it is too late for step one, teach the current wife to fly fish and tie flies.
3. If steps one or two fail, either get a new, more obliging wife or just send Jim Hatch the check for $29.95.
If one or two work, abandon all hope. Your bills for tying supplies, bamboo rods and silk lines are gonna put you in the poor house. Think two of everything.
Happily fishing my way to the poor house,
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Happiness is wading boots that never have a chance to dry out.