{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Just started it last night.  So far the part about the British explorer/naturalist is prettay, prettay good.  

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 10:33:29 AM UTC-4, Dalton Terrell wrote:

Anyone else read The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson?

Back in 2010, I first heard of the story of Edwin Rist stealing rare bird skins from a British Museum to sell or use for Atlantic Salmon flies either on this google group or another fishing blog. The story was pretty intriguing or odd, as the primary "expensive" feathers I was aware of were chicken saddle hackles for dry flies and streamers. The story of this heist kind of fell off the map and was reignited in this new best selling book.

I thought the book was a great read and included tons of details on Rist, the heist, and speculation on the current status of his loot. There were a couple maddening ignorant references for fishermen, including a reference to salmon spawning and then dying while the book is actually written about flies for Atlantic Salmon--fish that spawn and return; but otherwise I very much enjoyed the tale.

Dalton

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