Art Meets Fly Tying

Shawn Davis is a chemistry teacher. But his spare hours are spent amidst lean feathers, fine wire and tiny hooks, practicing the age-old craft of fly tying. Turning such a practical thing as a fishing fly into an artwork- and innovating while doing so, as Davis does- serves as a stirring reminder to search for art in the everyday.

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Atlantic Salmon Magic

Wild River Press has just released two new books by Atlantic salmon guru and Patagonia Fly Fishing Ambassador Topher Browne.

Nearly 500 pages with hundreds of stunning color photos and original illustrations, Atlantic Salmon Magic is destined to become a classic. The book is an invaluable guide to everything salar. A rich literary and visual feast, this impressive new title from Wild River Press is an absolute must for the avid salmon angle.

100 Best Flies for Atlantic Salmon was created by Wild River Press as a complementary volume to Atlantic Salmon Magic. Many of the flies referenced and indexed in Atlantic Salmon Magic appear as photographs only in 100 Best Flies for Atlantic Salmon.

The Willy Sidewinder

Simon Graham marks the occasion of the royal wedding with a commemorative fly.

Feather Porn

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More Feathers in the News

Edwin Rist, who stole priceless rare bird skins from the Natural History Museum in Tring to sell to ornamental fly tiers, has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Rist, 22, plead guilty to burglary and money laundering after 299 rare bird skins went missing from the museum in June 2009.

LINK (Via: The Bucks Herald)

The Artistic Flies of Alberto Calzolari

Born in Bologna, Alberto Calzolari starting tying flies when he was 14. Fascinated by the allure of beautiful feathers, silks and tinsels, Calozolari focused on tying what he considers the art's highest form, the salmon flies. His salmon fly gallery features some exquisitely tied flies and photography in 5 different categories.

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