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That is a great era--transitional from 'glass reaching the height of development to graphite on the rise--to look at fly-fishing tackle. Maybe the moderator will place those more permanently up in the "rod papers" thread. The art is nostolgiac retro, as the LL Bean catalog covers of the time. Someplace I have a lot of Fly Fisherman from that decade. I'm about to turn them up as I am making a short local move after living in the same place almost 25 years. Nick Lyons, a Hunter college English professor at the time, is getting his start in book publishing; Rodon manufacturing is ramping up the style of rod-building fittings. Sometimes bamboo is still big, including a lot of old Phillipson bamboo blanks offered by Rodon about 1978. The Sceptre blanks become available. Thomas and Thomas rules Turner's Falls. RL Winston and JK Fisher. Charley Waterman publishes the best article ever written about Pflueger fly reels, unabashed to choose them for rugged fly-fishing over the more delicate English brand. And so on. Gray's sporting journal gets its start at this time also. After I get settled in the new place with a fast internet connection, maybe I'll start piling in some more 'glass ads from the time.