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Article: Come fly with me ... // Fly fishing has cast of thousands
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 25, 1989
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Sound the alarm!
Another pristine American sport is under invasion by that
ubiquitous crush of monied, acquisitive, self-absorbed urban
professionals with their tortoise-shell glasses, BMWs, brie baskets
and Near North Side townhouses.
The latest victim of the inevitable demographic spillage of the
thirtysomething crowd is fly fishing. Yes, you read it right. For a
sedentary generation gasping for breath after years of jogging,
aerobic bouncing and sprinting around on tennis courts, fly fishing
apparently is a sport whose time has come.
This is good news for fishing equipment and clothing retailers
but it has some longtime fly fishermen chagrined.
Why is fly fishing growing among ...