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The American Fly Fisher Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing William E. Andersen Bradford Mills Tackle Foster Bam David Nichols Peter Bowden Robert A. Oden Jr. Jane Cooke Erik R. Oken Peter Corbin Stephen M. Peet Deborah Pratt Dawson Anne Hollis Perkins E. Bruce DiDonato, MD Leigh H. Perkins Patrick Ford Frederick S. Polhemus Ronald Gard John Redpath George R. Gibson III Roger Riccardi James Heckman, MD Franklin D. Schurz Jr. Arthur Kaemmer, MD Robert G. Scott Karen Kaplan Nicholas F. Selch Woods King III Gary J. Sherman, DPM William P. Leary III Ronald B. Stuckey James Lepage Tyler S. Thompson Anthony J. Magardino Richard G. Tisch Christopher P. Mahan David H. Walsh Gordon M. Wickstrom at his tying bench at home in Walter T. Matia Andrew Ward Boulder, Colorado. Photo courtesy of the Wickstrom John R. McMahon James C. Woods family and Boulder Flycasters. William McMaster, MD Nancy W. Zakon Peter Millett, MD Martin Zimmerman technology What’s winter without a little art for to advance fishing tackle—attempt- art’s sake? In spring , James D. Charles R. Eichel David B. Ledlie ing to give us the best tools with Heckman discovered an old New Yorker A James Hardman Leon L. Martuch which to hone actual skill, and possibly cover sporting a fly fisherman. He was even affecting the ways that we fish—our inspired to collect all seventeen covers on William Herrick Paul Schullery fascination need not lie solely with the end the subject, and here, in “Fly Fishing on product, but also with how it came to be. the Covers of the New Yorker” (page ), he What drives change? What is the interplay describes seven of these and their artists. Richard G. Tisch James C. Woods between materials and ideas? Heckman has donated his collection to President Secretary A couple of articles in this issue touch the museum and is working with staff on Karen Kaplan Charles R. Eichel on this. In “Forward Thinking” (page ), a display for the library. Our own cover Vice President Clerk Hoagy B. Carmichael explores how tour- features a painting from our collection, nament casting and its competitive per- Late Summer on the Battenkill. Read more Gary J. Sherman, DPM George R. Gibson III sonalities pushed the development of about the artist in “George Van Hook: A Vice President Treasurer weight-forward lines, from spliced silk Balance of Form and Light” (page ). to—after World War II—synthetics like It’s been a busy fall. We awarded Ed ’ nylon and PVC. Then, in “Made by Hand: Jaworowski the museum’s first Izaak The Books of John Betts” (page ), Walton Award (see page ) and congrat- Parker Corbin John Neukom Andrew Herd reviews the form and sub- ulated Paul Schullery, trustee emeritus Bailey Hallingby Albert Nichols stance of Betts’s published works, many and former executive director, on his Woods King IV David E. Nichols Jr. recently reissued by Reel Lines Press. Betts induction into the Fly Fishing Hall of Alexander Kinsey Ben Pastor is known for having at some point or other Fame (page ). We held events at the Robert Longsworth Jason M. Scott made every bit of tackle by hand: not only museum, traveled to participate in others, rods, reels, and flies, but also lines and even and welcomed new staff (see Museum hooks. His books, says Herd, are “nothing News, starting on page ). if not works of art, written and illustrated In September, the fly-fishing commu- Catherine E. Comar by Betts.” Herd claims that each of Betts’s nity lost Gordon M. Wickstrom, one of Executive Director books is an attempt to solve a problem— the museum’s most loyal and enthusiastic Yoshi Akiyama which sounds suspiciously like tackle itself. members and among the most frequent Deputy Director Of course, wanting to continue to fish contributors to this journal. We mark his makes us want to tackle certain environ- passing on pages and and include Christina Cole mental problems. About twenty-five years words from his friends and fellow fly-fish- Coordinator of Events ago, Ronald F. Lasko moved to Cape Cod ing thinkers John Betts and Harry Briscoe. Sarah Foster and began fishing and studying its rivers. If fly fishing itself is a tool that can help us Development Associate In , he published a book about fly tackle pain and problems in our lives, let Peter Nardini fishing on the Quashnet and Mashpee us use it well, and may we honor those Communications Coordinator rivers, and the sea-run brook trout that anglers we miss with every cast. are now limited largely to these waters (A Patricia Russell Tale of Two Rivers, Schiffer Publishing Account Manager Ltd.). A chapter from that book, “The K A Sara Wilcox Trout,” is excerpted here (page ). E Director of Visual Communication ’ Roger Altman Bradford and Pamela Mills William E. Andersen David and Margaret Nichols Louis Bacon The Orvis Company E. M. Bakwin Leigh and Anne Perkins Foster Bam and Sallie Baldwin Eric and M. C. Roberts Austin and Meg Buck Robert and Karen Scott Jon and Deborah Pratt Dawson Nicholas and Jean Selch Eric Dobkin Three Forks Ranch Gardner Grant Jr. Richard G. Tisch Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing Tim Hixon Paul Volcker Karen Kaplan David and Jade Walsh Peter Kellogg Alan and Nancy Zakon Dan Lufkin Laurie Zimmerman George Van Hook: A Balance of Form and Light ....... Cathi Comar Forward Thinking ......................... W. Michael Bakwin Anthony and Patricia Magardino Hoagy B. Carmichael Bessemer Trust Co. Robert McGraw David J. Beveridge William and Lynn McMaster Fly Fishing on the Covers of the New Yorker ......... Timothy and Andrea Collins Erik and Jennifer Oken James D. Heckman Jane Cooke Henry M. Paulson Jr. Tom Davidson Stephen and Roberta Peet A Tale of Two Rivers: The Trout ................ H. Corbin Day William and Candace Platt Ronald F. Lasko E. Bruce and Denise DiDonato Steven Price Ezra Field John Redpath In Memoriam: Gordon M. Wickstrom ............ David Ford Bobby and Mary Russell John Betts and Harry J. Briscoe George and Beth Gibson Franklin Schurz Jr. Book Review: Intercontinental Exchange Ronald and Joan Stuckey Made by Hand: The Books of John Betts Paul Tudor Jones Tyler and Francis Thompson Andrew Herd ........................... Arthur and Martha Kaemmer Andrew and Elizabeth Ward Woods and Wendy King III Mark and Dorinda Winkelman Ed Jaworowski Receives Izaak Walton Award...... Bill and Francesca Leary Daniel Ziff Steve Zoric and Sarah Bryant Museum News ........................... Contributors ............................ ’ Peter Bowden The Lodge at Jackson Fork Ranch : Late Summer on the Battenkill, an oil painting by George Shannon Brightman Christopher Mahan Van Hook. From the collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Robert and Debbie Brucker Leon and Shirley Martuch Tom Colicchio George Matelich Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation The American Fly Fisher (publication number -) is published four times per year (Winter, Spring, Summer, Mark Comora Walter and Pam Matia Fall). Editor is Kathleen Achor. Complete address for both publisher and editor is The American Museum of Fly Anthony Davino Robert and Teresa Oden Jr. Fishing, P.O. Box , Manchester, VT . The journal is wholly owned by the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Total number of copies: , (average number of copies of each issue run during the preceding twelve months; , Peter Esler Rebecca Patterson actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date). Paid/requested circulations (including adver- Timothy Geithner Joseph R. Perella tiser’s proof and exchange copies): , (average; , actual). Free distribution by mail: (average; actual). 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The American Fly Fisher (ISSN -) : [email protected] : www.amff.com : Send address changes to: The American Fly Fisher Kathleen Achor P.O. Box Editor Manchester, Vermont Sara Wilcox space for FSC info Design & Production Sarah May Clarkson Copy Editor George Van Hook: A Balance of Form and Light J. M. Stringer Gallery Sara Wilcox Van Hook in his home. The artist prepares to sign his artwork with his signature red paint. V H is an avid angler who is passionate part of the New York/Vermont region and is recognized by about nature.