FLY FISHING -- Once a Northwest fly fishing industry icon, Kaufmann’s Streamborn fly shops in Tigard, Ore., and Seattle, have unceremoniously closed, according to reports in The Oregonian and Northwest Sportsman Magazine.

Lance Kaufmann started the business 42 years ago with his brother, Randall. Neither has been available for comment.  Randall sold his interest in the company 5 1/2 years ago, according to his book publicist.

Kaufmann's Facebook page is disabled. The latest post on the company's Twitter and blog pages is April 8.

It reads “It’s Time to Get out & Go Fishing!”

Kaufmann's already had closed its 28-year-old store in Bellevue.

Randall Kaufmann, by the way, is the originator of the Stimulator and a great global source of information for anglers and writers over the years.