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Hired as the town’s fill-in sheriff—his predecessor having been found dead in his underwear, in the snow, holding a fly rod and an ice auger—Ulysses Richardson does his best to maintain discipline on the force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

U.S. archive photos show them near a stream, Roosevelt holding a fly rod and Churchill a cigar.

From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023

For a lot of people, work is a prelude to a hoped-for future — maybe a fly rod and a cabin by the river.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021

“Within two minutes, he had his fly rod out and had hooked a 12-pounder. I couldn’t even stand up on the boat, but Lefty was like a rock; nothing could move him.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2018

When he and Linda first moved to Milagro he bought a fiber glass fly rod and some salmon eggs, and that had been one way to work the tension from his system.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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