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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. 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. Fly Rod, who
converted to Catholicism, was responsible for raising $5,000 to build
Our Lady of the Lakes Church located two blocks from the museum. 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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