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CORNELIA "FLY ROD" CROSBY
Her
interest in the outdoors started when her doctor told her she would
die if she did not get “abundant doses of fresh air”, so she did. Fly
Rod developed a passion for fishing and hunting in the Maine woods. It
is reported that she and Annie Oakely did shoot an exhibition in
Rangeley in 1905, although it is unclear who was the winner. As one of
the first women to guide sports, Fly Rod became a proponent of local
camps and of the licensing of guides and received Maine Guide’s
license number 1. Using her own celebrity and creativity, she promoted
the region when she brought a log cabin, live trout and trophy mounts
from Maine to exhibit at Madison Square Garden. She also created a
stir when she wore a costume whose skirt fell to a length, eight
inches above the ground, quite daring for the era. Her numerous
publications on hunting and fishing in Maine attracted sports from all
over the country. She lived to age 93, perhaps because of the
“abundant doses of fresh air”.
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