Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young”

by Rusty Dunn

The Pyramids of Giza.  The Colosseum of Rome.  The Taj Mahal of India.  All are among the world’s great cultural monuments.  They are landmarks of human achieve­­ment.  If you’d like to visit a land­mark of fly fishing achievement, just walk in the door at 209 West Park Street, Livingston, Montana and look around.  You’ll be in Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop, where the “Wall of Fame” is an awe-inspiring monu­ment to the culture of west­ern trout fishing.  The wall chron­cles prosperous times in the mid-20th century when it was OK – even encouraged – to whack a four pound trout solely for the purpose of public admi­ration.  Dan Bai­ley’s Wall of Fame is a shrine to west­ern fly fish­ing, a required stop on pil­grimages to trout country, and a vivid reminder of “the good old days”.  Read More