Fly Rod Was First: Cornelia Crosby’s Adventures in Angling
When CORNELIA CROSBY was born in 1854 there seemed to be as many fish in Maine as there were stars in the sky From lunkers to whoppers the biggest trout and salmon pulled from the rivers and lakes were longer and heavier than baby Cornelia
As a young girl Cornelia was often sick and no medicine helped Doctors prescribed plenty of fresh air and exercise Cornelia wandered anywhere she pleased exploring the fields woods and waters tucked around her hometown in the spruce-forested hills along the Sandy River
APOTHECARY When her health improved Cornelia went away to school In bustling Augusta she studied hard then found work in a bank But cooped up in the city Cornelia became sick again She headed home back to the wilderness to get well JEWELLER
