Tomorrow, April 1st, is known by many as All Fools Day - but not to my friend James C. He knew it as Opening Day of the trout season. Jim was an avid sportsman and fly fisherman and he liked to hang out at that upscale sporting goods store - Abercrombie & Fitch - then located at 45th & Madison Ave. in Manhattan. All types of celebrities, movie stars, presidents, etc came thru their doors. They outfitted Charles Lindbergh before his famous flight in 1927. This was a twelve story building with a shooting range in the basement and a fly casting pool on the roof. Ted Williams, the Red Sox star, paid a visit when he was in town to play the Yankees as fishing was his first love. The store was special in its day but closed in 1977.
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