The American Fly Fisher Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing A Seven-Year History: The Sixth Index Among the issues indexed here: Winter (vol. , no. ), Spring (vol. , C R S F F no. ), Summer (vol. , no. ), and Fall (vol. , no. ). Our Mission: The American Museum of Fly Fishing is the steward of the history, traditions, and practices of the sport of fly fishing and promotes the conservation of its waters. The museum collects, preserves, exhibits, studies, and interprets the artifacts, art, and literature of the sport and uses these resources to engage, educate, and benefit all. E. M. Bakwin Thomas Belk Jr. ! This sixth index covers seven years of Harold Brewer It’s always a surprise, isn’t it? A sur- issues, from Winter (vol. , no. ) A. S. Cargill Sprise, that is, for you longtime readers through Fall (vol. , no. ). It is divid- Gary Grant who have, every six or seven or eight years, ed into three sections: a subject index, an Melvyn Harris suddenly found yourself holding an index author index, and a table of contents index Tim Hixon issue of the American Fly Fisher. (the last of which isn’t a true index but James Houghton Perhaps you are a new enough member to comes in handy). The + pages of the Peter Kellogg never have seen the likes of this before. It is last seven years were professionally indexed Joseph R. Perella especially for you that we repeat explanation. by Teri Maurice of Sandpoint, Idaho, who John Taylor Because our journal covers fly-fishing generated the last one (Winter ). We history, and because we want the journal to are grateful for her efforts and admire her be useful to fly-fishing historians and the talent and hard work. interested public, we need to generate an I am among the few people who will ever index so that what we have published can read this index in its entirety. There are be found by those looking for it. And moments when reading an index is mind- because we are a small nonprofit museum, numbing. But other moments, it is fascinat- Catherine E. Comar we have been able to index the journal only ing, thought provoking, and—dare I say Executive Director every now and again, and we have had to it?—nostalgic. I remember working on an Yoshi Akiyama release it as one of the four annual issues article, I remember my interactions with Deputy Director received by members. the author, I recall events of those days. The Christina Cole That said, this may be our last printed index provides a view to what we—authors, Coordinator of Events index as we attempt to move this informa- staff, members, the board—have brought to tion online. You’ll know for sure in about fruition over the past seven years. It’s a kind Sarah Foster seven years. of history of our history. Development Associate Many of you will not be happy with this This time, reading it felt like a memori- Patricia Russell particular issue, but I ask you to consider al, too. Our fly-fishing community has lost Account Manager your academic brethren and to be happy some good people in the last seven years, for them, as they have been patiently wait- both writers and the written-about. Sara Wilcox ing for its publication. So, please welcome this index with open Director of Visual Communication Here are the vitals: in thirty-nine years, arms, and enjoy the nonindex bits of this this is our sixth index, the previous five issue as well. John Mundt highlights having appeared in , , , , angling historian Tony Hayter in this and . The index is published as an issue’s Keepers of the Flame. Cathi Comar issue of the journal. Each index covers only tells us about the artist Arthur Shilstone, Kathleen Achor the issues that came before it and after the whose painting from our collection, Strike Editor last index. To date, the indexes have not Near the Mangroves, graces the cover. Both been merged into a single index, but we of these articles, plus Museum News, can Sara Wilcox hope to remedy that. Meanwhile, it’s a goal be found up front. Design & Production to get all six indexes online and accessible K A Sarah May Clarkson to our members in . E Copy Editor William E. Andersen Bradford Mills Michael Bakwin David Nichols Foster Bam Robert A. Oden Jr. Jane Cooke Erik R. Oken Peter Corbin Stephen M. Peet Deborah Pratt Dawson Leigh H. Perkins E. Bruce DiDonato, MD Frederick S. Polhemus Patrick Ford Roger Riccardi Ronald Gard Kristoph J. Rollenhagen Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing George R. Gibson III Philip Sawyer James Heckman, MD Franklin D. Schurz Jr. Arthur Kaemmer, MD Robert G. Scott Karen Kaplan Nicholas F. Selch Keepers of the Flame: Woods King III Gary J. Sherman, DPM Tony Hayter: Angling Historian ................. William P. Leary III Ronald B. Stuckey John Mundt Anthony J. Magardino Tyler S. Thompson Christopher P. Mahan Richard G. Tisch Arthur Shilstone: From Secret Art Walter T. Matia David H. Walsh to Sporting Landscapes....................... John R. McMahon Andrew Ward Cathi Comar William C. McMaster, MD James C. Woods Peter Millett, MD Nancy W. Zakon Museum News ............................ The Collective Index: – Teri Maurice Charles R. Eichel Subject Index ......................... James Hardman Author Index......................... William Herrick Table of Contents Index .................. David B. Ledlie Leon L. Martuch Paul Schullery : Strike Near the Mangroves, a watercolor by Arthur Shilstone. From the collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. We welcome contributions to the American Fly Fisher. 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John Neukom Albert Nichols space for FSC info David E. Nichols Jr. Ben Pastor Jason M. Scott Jeff Yates Tony Hayter: Angling Historian by John Mundt Book covers of G. E. M. Skues: The Man of the Nymph and C. D. Clarke D. C. F. M. Halford and the Dry- Tony Hayter outside of Skues’s Fly Revolution former law office in London. his·to·ri·an \hi-'stȯr-ē-ən, -'stär-\n : a student or writer of his- casually dismissed with “Yes, but no one has thoroughly exam- tory; esp : one who produces a scholarly synthesis ined the primary source material.” After reading Hayter’s Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, th edition works, one would be hard pressed to prove it had ever been done as thoroughly. S: these are the names of two undis- In tackling these monumental tasks, Hayter brought the sea- puted heavyweights in the sport of fly fishing. F. M. soning of a lifelong angler and the experience of a profession- HHalford and G. E. M. Skues produced the defining al historian to bear. Many who know him claim that he has a works on dry-fly and nymph fishing theory and practice, photographic memory, but Hayter demurely responds that “it respectively, that continue to influence the art of fly fishing comes and goes now.” Having had the pleasure of becoming today. The one historian who dared to produce a definitive acquainted with Tony over the years as he spent time in the biography on each of these enigmatic icons of our sport is Dr.