Fly rod maker seeks to rebuild his life

For the past 20 years, Robert Gorman’s spot along the Green River has been his refuge, on August 28th it destroyed his livelihood and nearly took his life.

There he lived in a refurbished Airstream trailer, splitting his time between the banks of the river and his nearby shop where he handcrafted bamboo fly-fishing rods.

Over the course of just a few hours on Aug. 28 his friend, the Green River, washed that all away when, swollen by the rain of Tropical Storm Irene, it flooded his workshop and destroyed his machines, tools, supplies and all his works in progress.

LINK (Via: The Brattleboro Reformer)