Herbert Hoover, Fisherman

Rain today, but not the tropical downpour of the recent past. Just a weak thunderstorm, conveniently timed such that everyone was already home when it started, and ending before bedtime. But not quite ideal. The best time for a weak, lulling thunderstorm is Friday or Saturday night, just as I'm drifting off to sleep.

The October issue of Field & Stream arrived today, the latest in my mysterious subscription. In it, I learn that in 1928, "F&S talk[ed] fishing and conservation with Republican candidate Herbert Hoover, who, according to the writer, was a bit of a trout snob: 'Mr. Hoover scorns the worm as bait, and uses the dry fly.' " Never know where you'll find an odd bit of presidential lore.