He's stretching the truth just a bit folks! At no time did I use my 8 wt. boo as an instructual tool, it was an old graphite spinning rod!!
Got to keep them young wiper snappers in line ya know!!
Welcome to the board John, you'll meet a lot of great folks here and learn a lot about fly fishing as well. (most of them are not a cute as me but they are nice!.)
The guys from Tennessee are the best!