Sadly I'm almost stereotypically US American (and your english is understandable, don't worry). My grandfather who taught us all fly-fishing and handcrafted such poles was from Swiss and Sweddish immigrant family, not the Scot side - but had moved over the generations from the Midwest/Great Plains to Montana. There's a movie about fly-fishing brothers in Montana called A River Runs Through It that was filmed just downstream of my grandafther's cabin. Glad to know the inspirations match!