Flyfishers' Club
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The Flyfishers' Club is a gentlemen's club in London, England, which was founded in 1884 for enthusiasts of flyfishing. In 1894, the club had more than three hundred members, while in 1984, this numbe
69 Brook Street, Mayfair, June 2023
Durham Ranger salmon fly
Fly dresser's workbench
G. E. M. Skues
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George Edward MacKenzie Skues, usually known as G. E. M. Skues, was a British lawyer, writer and fly fisherman. He invented modern-day nymph fishing. This caused a controversy with the Chalk stream dr
Flyfishers' Club
…original prospectus described the club's purposes as follows: The club publishes a long-standing magazine, the Flyfishers' Journal; writers included G. E. M. Skues, who has been described as "one of the greatest trout fishermen that ever lived." Skues dedicated his 1921 book, The Way of a Trout with the Fly to The…
Photograph by Howard Coster, 1927
The River Itchen, a classic English chalk stream