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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Kurt[/i] [br]I was attending a class at the Fly Fishing Show in Somerset, NJ on Friday and Saturday and who should I run into amidst the GoreTex and Graphite but Ken Reinard, a member of the German Regiment whose civilian persona is an angler of 1770. His broadside: OF INTEREST TO SPORTING GENTLEMEN Edwd. Pole, whofe establifhment may be found in the Market Street, near the Court Houfe in Philadelphia wifhes to remind the Publick that he enjoys the Reputation of a Purveyor & Stockist of only the Finest Goods and Accouterments to fuit the Gentleman Angler, offering befpoke goods as well as trade items from Selected Vendors of London. Mr. Pole alfo hoped to inform the Publick that he is in affociation with Phineas Reinhardt, Efq., noted Angle Fifherman, Author & Tacklemaker, whofe Angle Rods, Artificial Flies, & hand forged Hooks, have attracted Favorable Notice from the most Difcriminating Clientele of this Colony as well as Virginia and the Carolinas. Nothing piques the interest of fishermen like a 20' cane pole! Ken tyes the flies by holding the hook in one hand and wrapping with the other. When asked where his vice is, he points to a bag of coins and deck of cards. (Bad inside fisherman joke, probably uninteligable to normal people. Modern folk when fly tying use a metal device to hold the hook called a vice.) If you get a chance to see Ken's slide presentation, it is well worth it. Apparently the German Regiment does Williamsburg's Publick Times events on occasion. I am thinking of adding some angling to my Ranger personna and his book "The Colonial Angler's Manual of Flyfishing and Flytying" has good information on period rod construction and photographs that cleared up Charles Cotton's written fly pattern receipts in "The Complete Angler". [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.