Good observation, could be anytime from 1940 to present. That boat fits Bill like a glove...looks like it was whittled from the trunk of a tree next to the pond. This photo needs to grace the cover of a Pond Boss magazine at some point - I'm definitely getting mine autographed!

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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