Yes Sir.


It is one of a matching 12/20 Tonkin set left to me by my grandfather. He bought them new out of the custom shop in the mid 50s for $648- I still have the receipt. I only use them on nice days, treat them respectfully and think of looking up and walking beside him back in the days. I know he didn't believe in owning something you didn't use and every bird just means a little more to me because of it.


There is more to the story but it is one of the things he left me that I appreciate the most.

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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.