THE IRIDEUS - MARCH 2020
FISHING THROWBACKS
This month’s throwback comes to us from the Library Congress’s Biodiversity Heritage Library. Published in 1883, Fishing with the Fly featured exerpts and articles written by various fly fishers of the day and peppered with illustrations featuring flies offered by the Orvis company. Salmon flies from the plate above: 1. Prince William of Orange, 2. Butcher, 3. Jock Scott, 4. Silver Doctor, 5. Fairy, 6. Silver Gray, and 7. Curtis.
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