The American Fly Fisher Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing Gestation journal can for a visit. As Voelker would say, ‘off to the mean a rather lengthy gestation woodsy woods.’ I say this because I will get Pperiod for an article. There are lim- all the stinky stuff out of my article and ited pages available, and there is often a present you with a work suitable for your queue for that real estate. At the last consideration.” minute, an article may get bumped to the In mid-November , Bill sent word of next issue because it’s a page too long or some exciting acquisition and illustration, short, and a more recently submitted and on November , I received the manu- piece may take its place based on length script, which has been a joy to work on. alone. Our average article gestation is But because it’s such a long piece—a about nine to twelve months, with some long piece in a queue—it’s taken time. taking a bit longer and a few well-timed Sarah May Clarkson (copy editor) and I pieces appearing more quickly. didn’t get it back to Bill for his review until William E. Andersen Robert A. Oden Jr. And then there are those that are in the February . There were rounds of revi- Foster Bam Erik R. Oken works for years. sions, then Sara Wilcox (design and pro- Peter Bowden Annie Hollis Perkins Back in March , Bill Fowler wrote duction) had to lay out the pages. There Jane Cooke Leigh H. Perkins to me with an idea for an article about the were several more rounds of review in April Deborah Pratt Dawson Frederick S. Polhemus sport of fly fishing in movies. He had a and May. Final approved pages then had to E. Bruce DiDonato, MD John Redpath list of films and a list of people he was wait for the first issue available that would Ronald Gard Roger Riccardi trying to reach about those films. I accommodate it—this one, Fall . George R. Gibson III Franklin D. Schurz Jr. encouraged him to work on it. G. William Fowler’s “The Fishing Notes Gardner Grant Jr. Robert G. Scott The next piece of correspondence in of John D. Voelker, Michigan’s Mightiest James Heckman, MD Nicholas F. Selch the file is dated February . Bill and I Piscator,” the result of that first article had seen each other in Denver the previ- proposal six-and-a-half years ago, begins Arthur Kaemmer, MD Warren Stern ous September, when I attended a on page . We hope that any stinky stuff, if Karen Kaplan Ronald B. Stuckey Flyfishers’ Club of London dinner he and it was ever there, has been expunged. Woods King III Tyler S. Thompson Gordon Wickstrom hosted. Clearly, we’d Fifty-two fishing seasons are described in William P. Leary III Richard G. Tisch discussed the article then. Bill had run these notes and, as Fowler puts it, it “con- James Lepage David H. Walsh into some dead ends and had narrowed tains some of the foundational informa- Anthony J. Magardino Andrew Ward the scope of the piece to lawyer John D. tion Voelker used to compose his yarns.” Christopher P. Mahan Thomas Weber Voelker, author of Anatomy of a Murder We continue to feature Michigan with Walter T. Matia James C. Woods (under the nom de plume Robert Traver) the famous fly tier from Mayfield. On a William McMaster, MD Nancy W. Zakon and other books, including three fishing summer morning in , John Falk’s David Nichols Martin Zimmerman books, Anatomy of a Fisherman, Trout grandfather, Len Halladay, named his orig- Madness, and Trout Magic. “I have inal trout fly the Adams, after a good cus- received from the university archives a tomer. Since then, there have been many copy of John D. Voelker’s complete fish- stories about the Adams and its origin. ing journal (–), a personal jour- Over the years, Falk has collected bits of nal, and an Uncle Tom’s Cabin (aka misinformation and not-quite-right sto- James Hardman Leon L. Martuch Voelker’s Pond) journal,” Bill wrote to ries published about the fly. In “The David B. Ledlie Paul Schullery me. “I must say it has been quite a treat to Legend of Halladay and His Adams” (page read his works in the raw form. Voelker ), Falk aims to set the record straight. called his fishing journal his ‘Fishing It feels as if we are always losing fishing Notes’; his humor and style are very pre- friends. In this issue, Trustee Woods King sent and I believe a true reflection of his pays tribute to former trustee Dickson L. Karen Kaplan James C. Woods life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. My Whitney (page ), and Peter Castagnetti President Secretary goal is to have something for you to con- remembers his friend, the writer and tier sider this year. I have started writing, but Bob Warren (page ). Andrew Ward George R. Gibson III only have studied about half of the We’ve had our usual busy summer Vice President Treasurer ‘Fishing Notes.’ While I was waiting for here at the museum, and this year’s fly- the journals, I read all his lawyer books, fishing festival was nothing short of a and think myself a better attorney for great time. More than people doing so.” dropped by to check out our great ven- In June , Bill wrote again to report dors, eat some great food, listen to some Yoshi Akiyama Shane Quintana on his progress. The good news, he told great music, and visit some great exhibits. Deputy Director Gallery Assistant me, was that the research was complete Take a look at our coverage on page , Sarah Foster Patricia Russell and the article written. The bad news was and come be a part of it next year. Director of Development Business Manager that his first draft still needed a lot of Be a part of this journal, too. We’re work—the term he used was stinks. “The always looking for good writers to make Peter Nardini Becki Trudell really really good news,” he said, “is that fly-fishing history, traditions, and people Communications Public Programs I’m going to Marquette, Michigan, in early come alive in these pages. Coordinator Coordinator July to study all the photographs in their Samantha Pitcher Sara Wilcox archives. Voelker’s daughter, Grace Wood, K A Membership and Events Director of Visual has invited me to go to Frenchman’s Pond E Coordinator Communication ’ E. M. Bakwin Bradford and Pamela Mills Foster Bam and Sallie Baldwin David and Margaret Nichols Austin and Meg Buck The Orvis Company Mark Comora Leigh and Anne Perkins Jane Cooke Eric and M. C. Roberts Jon and Deborah Pratt Dawson Robert and Karen Scott Gardner Grant Jr. Nicholas and Jean Selch Karen Kaplan Richard G. Tisch Peter Kellogg Ted Turner Robert McGraw Paul Volcker Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing Alan and Nancy Zakon The Fishing Notes of John D. Voelker, William E. Andersen Woods and Wendy King III Michigan’s Mightiest Piscator .................. Bill Ayers Gerold Klauer G. William Fowler Louis Bacon Bill and Francesca Leary Michael Bakwin Christopher Mahan The Legend of Halladay and His Adams ........... Dave Beveridge William and Lynn McMaster John Falk Peter Bowden Teresa and Robert Oden Jr. Fly-Fishing Festival ........................ Tom Davidson Erik and Jennifer Oken Tom Evans John Redpath In Memoriam: Ezra Field Franklin Schurz Jr. David Ford Warren Stern Dickson L. Whitney ........................ George and Beth Gibson Ronald and Joan Stuckey Woods King III Tim Grell Tyler and Francis Thompson In Memoriam: Paul Tudor Jones Paul Van Cura Bob Warren ............................. Arthur and Martha Kaemmer Andrew and Elizabeth Ward Peter Castagnetti Tom Weber Museum News ........................... ’ Contributors ............................ Robert and Debbie Brucker Tim Hixon : A watercolor of John D. Voelker by Paul Grant. Used Sal Campofranco Joan and Herb Kelleher with permission of Julie Voelker Cohen. Dayton Carr Carmine Lisella Peter and Lillian Corbin Anne Lovett and Steve Woodsum Anthony Davino Walter and Pam Matia We welcome contributions to the American Fly Fisher. Before E. Bruce and Denise DiDonato Richard and Lorraine McGinn making a submission, please review our Contributor’s Charles Patrick Durkin Jr. Joseph R. Perella Guidelines on our website (www.amff.org), or write to Jon Gibson Jason Scott request a copy. 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