"Well over a century ago, the classic British chalk streams were fished
with live insects on gossamer silk, wind-carried "blow lines". So, the
trees were cut back from the riverbank a hundred feet or more to give
the wind full, even sweep. Today, the typical chalk stream bank has only
a low occasional bush behind which the angler must kneel for cover;
hence the kneepad. And since the angler may have to wait hours for a
rise to develop, and no tree handy against which to lean his rod, the
removable or collapsible butt- spear enables him to stand his rod
upright and safe on the turf. It is not intended, as some light-minded
American types insist, to repel the charge of an infuriated trout."
A note by Sparse Grey Hackle in "Great Fishing Catalogs of the Golden
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North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag,
Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club,
Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,
Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA.
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