Keeping Score: Bearing gifts for Teddy Ballgame
A fly fishing rod that once belonged to Red Sox legend Ted Williams. Contributed Photo
Published: 2/26/2021 7:37:35 PM
Modified: 2/26/2021 7:37:34 PM
Good morning!
Last summer, I was tramping along the Sam Richardson trail behind my house in Northfield and crossed paths with Marc Aroner walking his Labrador retriever.
The 73-year-old Aroner is a jolly-faced graybeard who makes fishing rods and knows how to spin a yarn. He told me a story that day and it’s been stuck in my craw, so I called and asked him to refresh my memory.
Granted, it’s not what parents dream of when they stare in the crib, but crafting a bamboo fly rod is a noble profession nonetheless. The prototype was made in the 1840s by a Pennsylvania gunsmith and violin maker named Sam Phillippe.
Good morning! Last summer, I was tramping along the Sam Richardson trail behind my house in Northfield and crossed paths with Marc Aroner walking his Labrador retriever.The 73-year-old Aroner is a jolly-faced graybeard who makes fishing rods and knows.