The Art of Angling:

A Visual Celebration of Contemporary
Fly Fishing

March 22 - June 12, 2004

William Ross, Head Special Collections
Dale Valena, UNH Museum Curator

Fly fishing is a sensory pursuit. From Dame Juliana Berners and Izaak Walton onward, its pursuers have extolled its visual beauty. For over five hundred years, anglers have tied flies, built rods, fashioned lines, and celebrated their love for the sport in writing and art.

Anglers have spent a great deal of time celebrating fly fishing's rich past. Here, however; we have endeavored to celebrate the present and to recognize the outstanding artistic achievements that are going on around us.

"My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy." ~ Norman Maclean

  • View items from the show.
  • Read press release.
  • Go to Milne Angling Collection web pages.
Top: David Footer, Lewiston, ME. The Strike, 1999. Oil on Masonite

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