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During the post war years along the Russian River, Schaadt built a reputation as a skilled fly fisherman. With his angling skills and quirky, elusive demeanor, he became the subject of countless classic fishing stories. From the 1950s to mid-1990s, he was regarded as one of the top fly fishermen in the country, if not the world. [2]
Theodore Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1854. [3]Gordon had imported English fly-fishing tackle and flies. He altered the English flies to precisely match the insects hatching in the Neversink and Beaverkill rivers, and Willowemoc Creek.
The American Fly Fisher. 8 (2). American Museum of Fly Fishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014; Berls, Robert H. (Fall 1999). "The Importance of G.E.M.Skues: An Angler-Writer for Today" (PDF). The American Fly Fisher. 25 (4). The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 2–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014
He traveled throughout the U.S. and Canada fishing and hunting. [1] Shortly after marrying Martha Marie in 1921, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, and three years later, opened a fishing tackle store there. It became a popular destination for serious fly fisherman of the mid-west. [1]
Gary LaFontaine (May 12, 1945 – January 4, 2002) was a well-known fly fisherman and author. His books include Caddisflies, The Dry Fly: New Angles, Fly Fishing the Mountain Lakes, and Trout Flies: Proven Patterns. He died of Lou Gehrig's disease.
Carrie Gertrude Stevens (1882–1970) was an American fly fisher and fly lure tier from Madison and Upper Dam, Maine, and the creator of Rangeley Favorite trout and salmon flies. Self-taught in the art of fly tying, Stevens invented the Grey Ghost Streamer, an imitation of the Smelt, Osmerus mordax. Stevens' flies received national and ...
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