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Helen Shaw

American fishing enthusiast
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  • Flies used in fly-fishing: (clockwise from upper left) bass popper, saltwater, woolly bugger, and saltwater.
    fly-fishing
    / Modern fly-fishing

    …of fly patterns in 1892; Helen Shaw introduced innovative fly-tying techniques during the 1940s and ’50s; and Joan Salvato Wulff was one of the world’s finest casters, setting many records in the 1950s and ’60s, as well as being a noted writer on the subject.

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    …of fly patterns in 1892; Helen Shaw introduced innovative fly-tying techniques during the 1940s and ’50s; and Joan Salvato Wulff was one of the world’s finest casters, setting many records in the 1950s and ’60s, as well as being a noted writer on the subject.

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