Arches fit standard brass bar rail
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Media, tweed, vintage fly fishing

From an April 1959 issue of Sports Illustrated.

EYES
Right eye telescopic for fish; left eye microscopic for insects. Both always open

NOSE
Flexible, for turning up at worm-fishermen

MOUTH
Usually open, active and overworked. Teeth most often chipped from chattering after several years' exposure to icy streams on Opening Day kept in cheek

CHIN
Prominent, for leading with arguments on stream entomology

BELLY
Flat for easy crawling

HANDS
Fingers long for fly tying; finger tips sandpapered for handling fine flytying silk

FEET
Usually wet, but strong enough for prolonged marching up and down streams. Arches fit standard brass bar rail

HEAD
Bloody and unbowed. Contains IBM 705 computer for analyzing, classifying and recording good fishing spots

EARS
Bent by other fishermen's arguments and perforated by hooks from casting in cross winds

SHOULDERS
Left somewhat lower than right, for looking over in watching back cast

ARMS
Left arm extensible for netting; right hypertrophied from tournament casting. Right wrist flexible for tip work

SKIN
Tanned for lower visibility and welted from black fly bites

KNEES
Calloused from kneeling on rocks and behind bushes

LEGS
Preferably long for wading and sturdy for bucking heavy currents

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