Frederic M. Halford
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Frederic Maurice Halford, pseudonym Detached Badger, was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly techniq
Frederic M. Halford-Detached Badger tying flies
Halford from the frontispiece of his Making a Fishery, 1895
Landing a Trout from Dry Fly Man's Handbook
Durham Ranger salmon fly
Dry fly fishing
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Dry fly fishing is an angling technique which uses an artificial fly lure which floats on the surface of the water and does not sink. It was developed originally for trout fly fishing.
Frederic M. Halford
…Detached Badger, was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams. He is generally accepted as "The Father of Modern Dry Fly Fishing". John Waller Hills, A History of Fly Fishing for…
Fly angler on the Firehole River, USA
Fly fishing on the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park, USA
Baetis fly
Caddisfly