Some fly rods leave an indelible mark. Sometimes on the industry or the sport as a whole, other times just in the minds or hearts of many of the anglers who fish them. Most, but not all, manufacturers have a few of these rods amongst their pedigree. Colorado-based rodmaker Scott, who is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has more than a few. To celebrate a half-century of rod building, Scott is doing something new by bringing back the old — offering anglers the chance to get their hands on brand-new builds of a handful of its greatest blasts from the past.

For most of my adult life, I avoided one of America’s truly iconic western streams: Silver Creek. I’m still not sure why I steered clear for so many years. Maybe it was the rumor that the water was a little too deep for easy wading, or that the bottom was a quagmire of mud and aquatic vegetation, or maybe it’s just hard to trade great Montana trout fishing for a long drive to southern Idaho. Whatever the reason, I never visited the legendary creek where Ernest Hemingway “saw more big trout rising” than he’d seen anywhere else, ever.