“Fly Rod” Crosby Debuts at the P.O.
Cornilia “Fly Rod” Crosby once stated, “I am a plain woman of uncertain age, standing six feet in my stockings…I scribble a bit for various sporting journals, and I would rather fish any day than go to heaven.” Crosby was born on November 10, 1854 in Philips, Maine. In 1897, she became the first registered guide in the state, and for many years wrote a popular newspaper column about the Maine outdoors that was nationally syndicated. Her stories of life in the wild were an inspiration to girls and women of the era, and had much to do with popularizing…
