Somerset Show Day 3
Sunday, day 3 at the Somerset Show, sported a good crowd of enthusiastic people who attended the presentations, destination theaters, adventure theaters, demonstrations, workshops, and filled the Show floor.
I managed to visit my friend Ken Reinard, the Colonial Angler, at his “shop,” that he had set up at the show. Ken has spent a great deal of time carefully researching the olde history of fly fishing from the days of Dame Juliana and is versed in hand-making hooks from pins and nails, and then using them to tie patterns of the olde days without the aid of a vise or other modern tying tools. His book, “The Colonial Angler’s Manual of Flyfishing and Flytying,” is certainly unique among currently published texts, and gives the reader an opportunity to examine the “way it was” in accurate detail.
I also had a chance to visit with my friends Gary Edwards and Rick Pope. Gary is a fishing friend who has guided on New York’s Salmon River and in waters of the western US for many years. I videotaped Gary landing a world record king salmon on a 6lb tippet some years ago. Rick Pope is owner of TFO rods,which had a well-visited booth at the show, and featured Lefty Kreh and Ed Jaworowski.
The Day 3 crowd was a busy one with lots of questions.
Ken Reinard, Mr. (Ye Olde) Colonial Angler in his most interestingly equipped "shop" at the Show.
Gary Edwards (front) and Rick Pope posing so nicely for me at the TFO booth. We had a good time talking steeelhead and big fall run browns on Lake Ontario streams.
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the Kind Comments about The Colonial Angler at the Fly Show. It was Good to see you and to share our Angling Heritage with you.
Again THANK YOU for the Sunday Worship Service.It was nice to attend with Good Christian Friends, again Thank You.
Your most humble angling servant,
Ken