There was some talk about fly gear some time back . This was my grandfather's I know it's old gear but it is absolutely pristine including the makers tag on the sock and the nickled copper capped aluminum tube . I know little to nothing about this rod but I suspect he bought it in Hawaii if I read that right it's a #10 rod but that doesn't seem right , it is stiff so maybe . If he bought it in Hawaii it was before 1949 and he was fishing the break water near Pearl . I don't remember him fly fishing but maybe once or twice when I was very small , 6-8 yr maybe .
Ms got a bee in her bonnet and wanted to go drown some worms since fishing is now open season no license for now .
I tried but apparently the leaders on flies need to be replaced every 30-40 years whether they get used or not .
I ended up fishing his old (looks like new complete with sock and tube ) Shakespeare Wonder Rod and one of the old Mitchell 300s strung with 20# about 25 yr ago ...... Probably all the better I didn't even get a hit .
I reperfected my cast/retrieve technique which is found under "no wait just one more cast there's still snags , slime , and sticks to get out of this lane " .
I apparently lack the fishing gene altogether . Though I did successfully plug , pop , spoon , spin , dive , jerk , and drown worms at the top , bottom and middle without disturbing a single bass , bluegill , breem , or catfish for over 4-1/2 hours .
On the bright side we got out of the house , had no peopley contact , and I didn't have to clean any fish .