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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Left former president Carter it an avidly Fisherman. Above Nobel prize of winning writer Ernest Hemingway wet also Well known far hit outdoor expo let. Famous Bystad Bartmus associated Pressw Hen Jimmy Carter As president needed to gel away for a while before he went in Camp David with israeli prime minister Menachem begin and egyptian presiden Anwar Sandal his thoughts turned to Fly fishing. When i was president Rosalynn and i Fly fished out West he says. On he pre Camp David trip i look along with me the brieling books that i would to using to prepare Mysell for the Mideast negotiations so it was a combination of delightful surroundings Good companions. And also just Clearing my mind when i was ready to embark on one of the major challenges of my  he now Fly fishes throughout the world but loves to come Home 10 North Georgia to the Little log Cabin he Lurn shod with his handmade wooden furniture. The Cabin is within 20 feel of turnip town Creek which has a fairly Good native population of Rainbow Trout to s the perfect environment Lor writing in Placid Beautiful surroundings in almost local isolation. When Rosalynn and i Are there which is never enough it makes for Good thoughts and productive  the Farmer president has written a new Book. An outdoor journal reflections and adventures recalling favorite Ishing experiences. Writing it he said was a labor of  Jack Hemingway son of legendary Fisherman and writer Ernest Hemingway is convinced he was the Only american in world War ii who parachuted into occupied France with a Fly Rod. I used it  he new jives in Ketchum Idaho Between Angling excursions to Distant parts of the Globe. But some of his most vivid memories Are of Hia Happy Days on Clear Rivers with his father. When i was 6, before i d Ever picked up a Fly Rod i spent one whole summer watching him fish the Clark s fort of the Yellowstone River Hemingway says. Finally at the very end when i d spent the whole summer building up me need to fish my father Laught me How to  author of misadventures of a Fly Fisherman Jack Hemingway says his love for the sport has lasted throughout his life. Not so Lor his late father. Dad had a big Nice trunk outlined with ail his rods and cols and tackle everything he had collected Over his years of Fly fishing remembers Hemingway. Right after that wonderful summer on the Clark s Fork in he fall of 1939, he had the trunk shipped by railway express and they lost it. He never Trout fished again. I think it was As if he Tell he d have to Start Ell Over again and ii just was t Worth the  the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Paul Volcker says i look my wife fishing on our honeymoon and she has t been  Volcker now leaches at Princeton University and is chairman of a new York investment banking firm when he resigned from the fed last year he said he planned Togo Ishing in the Winter he ties his own Hies at his Manhattan Home and plots a warm weather assault on Distan Rivers perhaps in new zealand or Montana from now on i m going to grab fishing whenever 1 can gel it he says. Linda Morgens a Veteran member of Trout unlimited 3 Board of directors tells this Story on the first Dele with my future husband my train into new York was late so he occupied his time by going to Abercr Ombac & Fitch and buying some artificial flies. He was very surprised when he showed them to me and i started identifying them. Our Mutual enthusiasm or Fly fishing was certainly a plus. Both my parents were fishermen my Mother once held a Blue Marlin record and since i was an Only child i spent a lot of time doing male sorts of things with them. I grew up Bolo a the women s lib thing so fishing taught me How to do things on my own taught me i could go Oil alone without needing any help to those Days Here weren t that Many things which could teach women to be Independent bully fishing was one of  Morgens and her husband nod. Live in South Norwalk Conn. Curt Gowdy who Lor 20 years hosted the american sportsman on Abc says. When we d go fishing my dad would say Curtis remember the Buffalo there were millions of them Belore Tho White Man wiped them out for Money. That could happen to Trout Loo so from Tho very beginning when i Learned to try Lish at the age of 8.1 was always a catch and release  he fishes almost everywhere now and wherever he goes he preaches conservation. Gen. John Pretrowski commander in chief of the United states space come and the North american aerospace come. Puts in crowded workdays in his Colorado Springs Headquarters but sometimes in the evenings i can slip away up Inlo the mountains and Fly fish. I always like to match wits with a rout. It s great when you win but he alternative in t desirable. It s very humbling to come Home  Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday s  
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