A few weeks ago I did a story on Jim Woody from Lynchburg about his collection with old wooden lures. I re-read the article and it made me think about my sister Anna and I when we went fishing with our Grandfather Leo (Pappy) DeCresci.

Pappy always used a fly rod fishing pole whenever he went fishing. Pappy had this favorite place to fish, and we were going again to this place.

I remembered we had to cross over two railroad tracks before we got to it. When we crossed over the second set of tracks, I knew we were getting close. The traffic light was not far away. Now all we had to do was look for the big neon Pink Elephant sign.

There’s more to this story in the current issue of the Times Virginian newspaper. Pick up a copy or subscribe at www.timesvirginian.com/subscriber_services to view the full article in the e-edition version.

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