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Thread: The Heydays of Fly Fishing in Nor Cal......1970s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Kiene semi-retired View Post
    Yes, I have a bunch of them. It would be good to mention Angler Magazine.
    Then there was Inside Angler Magazine

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    So good.....Larry, you have so much fly fishing info in your RAM......thanks.


    Larry Kenney and Harry Wilson were the founders of Scott Rod Company in San Francisco.

    http://fiberglass-fly-rods.pbworks.c.../5183004/Scott
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph View Post
    Then there was Inside Angler Magazine
    Thanks Ralph......we appreciate all your ( and Lisa's ) contributions to the sport and helping here for years on our little forum.



    **Just Google "Ralph and Lisa Cutter" if you want to see some great information about fly fishing.
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    Here’s a few more:
    Ferd Claudio, S.F. Premier fiberglass rod builder
    Harry Wilson, Scott Rods
    Ted Fay Fly Shop (Joe Kinsey)
    Gary Warren/Chuck Stranahan Spring Creek Anglers, Johnson Park
    Vaughn’s Sporting Goods, Burney
    Time Flies, Eureka
    Eureka Fly Shop, Mike Kosinski
    Brad Jackson/Mike Michalak
    Hal Burton, Trinity Fly Shop...still carrying the flag!
    Terry Hellekson, Fly Fishing Specialties
    Wow, I’m getting old.
    T.

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    Hey Larry, you're correct. Do you remember the shop... It was a barber shop in front with a fly shop in the back. When I started out, I put an ad in Angler's Magazine for commercially tied flies and he answered. I tied flies for his shop until he retired and that's when Bob Marriotts took over. I continued tying for a couple years after that, then they went to buying overseas flies.
    The good ole days

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    Here's another fly shop that was on Clement St... The San Francisco Fly Shop, it was owned by Doug Park. I'm sure some of you recognize that name.
    I tied flies for Ted Fay Fly Shop. I think the only pattern I tied was the black bomber and the brown bomber fly. For Herb and Patty Burton, I tied the Golden Stone burlap nymph, heavily weighted.
    There were two shops in Monterey, one was the Sportsman's Tackle shop, owned by Ed Ledger and the other one was the Monterey Fly Tyer owned by Gary Nichols, he was one of the only shops that sold Nymo thread. A few years ago, I purchased 10 cones of white and 5 cones of red and still have a few left. I believe the FishHair company is or was the distributor

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    Nymo thread was a big deal in the 1960s and '70s.

    I think it was flat and in size A on wooden spools.

    Most all medium to larger flies were tied with it.

    Some even wrapped guides on fishing rods with it.
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    It did come on those wooden spools. Not I see people selling them at antique shows. The most requested color was black for the standard flies and Red (0444) for the steelhead/salmon flies. I still have cones and spools of the 0444.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaysflies View Post
    Here's another fly shop that was on Clement St... The San Francisco Fly Shop, it was owned by Doug Park.
    Doug Park? Did you mean Doug Matteo?
    The other partner in that shop was Stephen Haggard(?)
    I still use the waders and float tube I bought from there 20 years ago.

    How about The Selective Angler in Larkspur Landing? I think our own PGW was a part owner in that shop.
    EDIT: Uhhh... Just noticed that this thread was about shops in the 70's. Oh, well. Add this to the list of NorCal fly shops whenever that list gets compiled.

    Western Sport in San Rafael and Petaluma (or Santa Rosa. Cant remember exactly)
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    Good ones LS,

    John Christlieb owned the Western Angler in Santa Rosa and was a great rod builder.

    The Selective Angler in Larkspur Landing was owned by a chef. Larry?
    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

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