Something that contemporary fly fishing culture has latched onto is the wonderful distribution of anglers: very different people from very different backgrounds are in very different places fly fishing.

This is true throughout this present space. This is also true throughout time. If you fly fish, you’re connected to people who did what you do in the past.

Ken Reinard shares what this looked like in the 1770s as “The Colonial Angler.” He is a historical reenactor focused on the period around the Revolutionary War. However, as a fly fisher, he has put a unique piscatorial spin on his passion. This fun little book is a great way to learn a little bit of fly fishing history and see the intersection between it and an important period of our country’s past.

Watch what else I have to say about the book, and find out where you can pick it up, below:

The Colonial Angler’s Manual of Flyfishing & Flytying  is out of print, so find a used copy somewhere like this.

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