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

Bob, wow. I just listened to the podcast and I'm blown away. The worst part for me seems to be the community's desire to keep the feathers and delete Kirk's post pleading for them to be returned.

 

I love cool / beautiful flies – not as a fly tier but as a novice fly fisherman / angler – but this whole situation makes me want to puke as someone who loves nature, conservation, and history. Oh, and international law and civil society.

 

I'll get off my soap box now.

 

-Sean

 

P.S. Where can one procure a cool TPFR hat? I saw one in a posted photo but don't see any links on the website.

 

 

From: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Bob Richey
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 8:51 AM
To: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

 

Just bumping this thread to link to a This American Life episode about Rist: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist

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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