A Personal and Natural History of the Mickey Finn

By Willard P. Greenwood II Dana ValleauThe author, a lake trout, a…


A carving of a brook trout from the gills to the nose. Various flies are hooked around the entirety of the mouth.

Tracking Shang

By Graydon R. HilyardSo, what’s a Dad to do? There they are, your…


Wooden racks hold the museum's large collection of rods.

Fishing The Collection

In this AMFF film series, we’re taking vintage rods from our collection and…


Dwight Eisenhower speaks to troops in the field, and appears to be demonstrating how to cast a fly rod.

Another Look: A D-Day Casting Demonstration?

Another Look: A D-Day Casting Demonstration?By John Mundt The…


The museum exterior on a partly sunny morning.

Keep in Touch

Thank you for visiting the American Museum of Fly Fishing gallery at…


A line drawing of a trout.

Thirty Years of Spring Creek

2022 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Spring Creek by Nick…


A row of books from the Thacher collection on a bookshelf.

The Charles Thacher Collection

Extraordinary. Matchless. Meticulously curated. These are the adjectives which…


Joe Pisarro, seated, smokes a pipe as he examines a piece of paper.

The Reel Thing

By Joe A. PisarroIn the early 1990s, the museum published a newsletter called…


An illustration of the museum's red front door.

AMFF Advisory Council

AMFF Announces New Advisory CouncilThe American Museum of Fly Fishing has…


A film strip with the title screens of FIshing the Dry Fly with Gary Borger and The Challenge of Giant Tarpon with Billy Pate.

Screening Room Titles

“I Was Born to Fish”/Lee Wulff on the Beaverkill 120 Days 17th…