Along The Way
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In the Beginning
Although I normally fish with one of my fly rods that resides in my truck at this time of the year, on this early spring day nostalgia got me, and for a change of pace I grabbed my fifty year old Browning ultra-light weight spinning rod that is equipped with my equally old Mitchel 308 ultra-light weight spinning reel.
I originally purchased this rod and reel in 1969 at a fishing shop located on 8th Ave in downtown Calgary, the shop long gone of course like all the other shops that lined 8th Ave in the day.
By 1971 I had taken up fly-fishing and this light-weight spinning combo got used less and less. Still I used it enough that some years later I refinished the rod along with new guides installed.
Fishing with it brings back memories of the outings I experienced with it on the lakes and streams that I've fished over the years from Alberta to Manitoba, the catches everything from pan sized rock bass in Manitoba to 4 pound rainbow trout in Alberta that tested the mettle of this tiny spinning rod and reel combination.
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