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Blacker's Art Fly Making is best described by the author himself in the preface to the second edition (1855): [2]. I know not how to apologise for submitting a Second Edition of this little Book to the notice of the Angling few, after the appearance of so many by clever writers, except the many calls I had for It, and a sincere desire of improving farther upon a craft that has not hitherto ...
In his free time, Atherton continued to enjoy fly-fishing. [30] He brought his artistic talent into the field of fishing, [31] when he wrote and illustrated the fishing classic, “The Fly and The Fish”. [32] He died in New Brunswick, Canada in 1952, [33] at the age of 52 while fly-fishing, just after having landed a 25-pound salmon. [34]
Ivey rarely titled his paintings. He was an avid fly fisherman, often fishing with his friend and fellow painter Carl Morris. [2] He died in Seattle on May 17, 1992, aged 72, after a year-and-a-half long battle with cancer. He was survived by his wife Helen, daughter Kathleen, and two grandchildren. [1]
Lee Wulff (February 10, 1905 – April 28, 1991), born Henry Leon Wulff, was an artist, pilot, fly fisherman, author, filmmaker, outfitter and conservationist who made significant contributions to recreational fishing, especially fly fishing and the conservation of Atlantic Salmon.
Rhead was an avid fly fisher and by his own account started fishing for trout in the U.S. sometime between 1888 and 1890. In 1901 he became interested in angling art and much of his later published works deal with fishing and fly fishing. Rhead was also a tackle dealer and sold his own line of artificial flies. [2]
Musca depicta ("painted fly" in Latin; plural: muscae depictae) is a depiction of a fly as a conspicuous element of various paintings. [1] The feature was widespread in 15th- and 16th-century European paintings, and its presence has been subject to various interpretations by art historians. [1] [2]