[1] Shortly after marrying Martha Marie in 1921, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, and three years later, opened a fishing tackle store there.
His use of a "ventilated grip" (already used by Wes Jordan for his South Bend fly rods,[3] which left spaces between the cork rings for a skeletal appearance), aluminum for his reel seats and ferrules.
This "ring of fire" gave his rods a greater power to weight ratio and the rich, flamed appearance that was signature to his designs.
As a result, Paul acquired and adapted a horizontal Milling Machine he used to perfect his taper designs, through his friend and then Chrysler Corporation President, K. T. Keller.
Following his service in WWII as a Marine, Jack Young continued his father's knack of adapting machinery for bamboo rod making use.
As an example, he incorporated a military surplus 16 cylinder hydraulic pump, designed to operate the belly or "ball" turret, for the twin 50 Caliber guns of a B-29 Super Fortress, to construct a bamboo laminating binder.
[6] Arnold Gingrich said in his The Joys of Trout: "He was venerated in the last decade of his life as "the Stradivari of the Midge rod", and died enjoying near-legendary status as a cult figure.