Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum

Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum

The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to: preserving America's fly fishing heritage; teaching its future generations of fly fishers; and protecting its fly fishing environment. The museum is located along Willowemoc Creek in the heart of the Catskills in Livingston Manor, New York.

The center operates a museum, an education center, as well as an environmental research center. They collect, care for, interpret, and display angling equipment, art, and artifacts in a way that explains the traditions and techniques of the fly fishing sport. The center conducts educational programs in river ecology, angling history, stream craft, including fishing etiquette, fly tying, fly casting, aquatic entomology, and stream improvement to increase public awareness of the values of fly fishing, prime among which is respect for the natural environment and the habitats of fly-responsive fishes [ [http://www.cffcm.net/about.htm Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Website] ] .

History

Before Americans became fly fishers, the Catskills provided a rich environment of rivers and streams, all brimming with life. This region of southeastern New York State has a gentle beauty in its mountains and valleys that attracts those with a deep love of nature. At the end of the 19th century, the Catskill region became a magnet for pioneering trout anglers: Theodore Gordon, "Uncle Thad" Norris, Edward R. Hewitt, George LaBranche, and a cadre of others who not only fished these rivers, but also made contributions to a distinctive, American style of fly fishing.

This procession of fishermen, fly tyers, rodmakers, entomologists, riverkeepers, and outdoor writers, through their innovations, gave rise to one of the richest traditions in fly-fishing history - a tradition that established the Catskills as the "Birthplace of American Fly Fishing".

By the 1930s, a new generation of Catskill anglers had come into its own - Herman Christian, Roy Steenrod, Reuben Cross, Hiram Leonard, Preston Jennings, Art Flick, Winnie and Walt Dette, Elsie and Harry Darbee, Ray Bergman, and Sparse Gray Hackle. Joan and Lee Wulff, with their fly fishing school, and Poul Jorgensen and Mary Dette Clark, with their fly tying expertise, became vital members of the angling community in the 1970s, joining the collective effort to preserve the heritage and traditions of Catskill angling.

In 1978 the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum was organized with Elsie Darbee as its first president. This early organization evolved in scope as they realized they should be a dynamic entity with activities and programs and not solely a repository for artifacts and memorabilia. In 1981 they incorporated as the Catskill Fly Fishing Center, Inc.

In 1982 the board of directors bought a 35 acre, farmland site along the banks of the Willowemoc Creek in Livingston Manor, New York. In 1982 they opened a store-front museum along the banks of Willowemoc Creek on the main street of Roscoe (Trout Town, USA) to exhibit their growing collection of angling material and to tell the story of trout, their habits and the environment in which they live. By 1986 and thereafter, the museum enhanced the resources and facilities enabling them to consolidate activities, establish environmental camps for children, and plan for the future [cite book |last=Schullery |first=Paul |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=American Fly Fishing-A History |pages=243-44 |year=1996 |publisher=The Easton Press |location=Norwalk, CT |isbn= ] .

On May 28th, 1995 the center opened the doors of its award-winning, state-of-the-art museum which honors the heroes of the sport and expresses the lore and lure of fly fishing. During the inaugural ceremonies they were presented with the deed to "Junction Pool", granting them stewardship over the cherished water where the main-stem of the Beaver Kill takes up its legendary flow. In 1998, they obtained additional parcels of land, increasing access along a mile of accessible, prime, "No Kill", trout water.

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External links

* [http://www.cffcm.net/ Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum]


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