The Literary Fly Fisher

We are fortunate to have a massive collection of angling literature at Washington State University, where I work. There are housed in the Manuscripts and Special Collections. Following, is a brief is a brief description of the “Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Collection” that contains most of this literature.

The Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Collection includes the donations stof three fishing and angling collections including that of Roy Hansberry, a WSU graduate (Class of 1931), which contains some of the significant editions in the history of angling including Frederic Halford’s Dry Fly Entomology (1897), Alfred Ronalds’ The Fly Fisher’s Entomology (1913). James Quick gave his collection of 1200 volumes devoted to fly fishing for trout and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest and in 2008, Joan and Vernon Gallup donated a magnificent collection of 506 editions of Izaak Walton’s The Complete Angler, including all 17th century

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/rare-books/

Recently, I was asked to participate in a video about one part of the above collection–that donated by Jan and Vernon Gallup. Also in the recording is Dr. Trevor Bond, the Associate Dean of Digital of Digital Initiatives and Special Collections. I am sharing the video here. Take a look, and consider visiting these amazing texts in person someday.

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