In his love of angling for trout and other freshwater fish, Walton used a long rod of spliced ash and hazelwood, with a line of about the same length as the rod, made out of woven hair from a horse's tail.

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But they were fish, and they were loads of fun on a fly rod.

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Krulwich writes that Gasnick even broke out a rod and reel and fished in the flooded basement, catching one of the fish.

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