botany, 16
bottom-feeders, 55–56, 58
Brazil, 17–18
Brazilian Blue Chatterers, 62
Breaking Bad, 8
Bristol, England, 86–89, 134, 144–47, 148
Bristol Fly Dressers’ Guild, 86–89, 134, 148
Bristol Zoo, 89
British Empire, 72
British Expeditionary Forces (BEF), 55
British Fly Fair International (BFFI), 85–86
British Museum, 17, 24, 33, 36–37, 88, 107, 112
British Ornithological Union, 35
Bronx Zoo, 76
Bronze Pirate Fly, 61
“Brotherhood of the Angle,” 57–58
brown trout, 65
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder, 23–24
buffalo, 201
Bulletin Board for European Avian Curators (eBEAC), 113
Burberry’s, 62
burong coati (“dead birds”), 23
Bustard Fly, 75
Butcher Fly, 60
butterflies, 17, 18, 21
caddis flies, 155–56
California Condors, 167
Cambridge University, 21, 39, 138
cape feathers, 171
Cape of Good Hope, 26
carbon levels, 167
Carne, Dave, 120, 129, 149, 150
Carolina Parakeets, 48
carp, 55–56, 58
cartoons, 50–51
case law, 142–43
cassowaries, 40
Castle Arms, 118, 188
Castleman, Phil, 118–19, 188
Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 184
CCTV, 110
Cecil the Lion, 222
census (1890), 47
Central America, 4
C. Farlow & Co., 62
Champion Fly, 61
Chapman, Frank, 50
Charles I, King of England, 23, 30
Chatterer Fly, 77–78
Chestnut Wood, 1
chicken feathers, 56, 58–59, 157
Chinese turtle soup, 247
Chiriquí cloud forests, 3
Chrimes, David, 141–42, 151
Christianity, 49
Cincinnati Zoo, 48
clarinets, 66, 81
ClassicFlyTying.com, 75, 77, 78–80, 85–86, 91, 106–7, 114, 116, 119, 123, 125, 134–35, 151, 156, 173, 184, 217, 233, 237–38, 243
classification, 23, 60, 69, 76, 98, 119, 190, 236, 237
Claverack, N.Y., 65, 73–74, 79
Clement VII, Pope, 23
coarse fishing, 58
Cocks of the Rock, 58–59, 61, 235
collections, private, 13–18, 23, 37, 38–42, 112, 183, 248
Colombia, 3
Colonial Hat Co., 243
Columbia-Greene Community College, 74, 81
Compleat Angler, The (Walton), 57, 86
conchlyomania, 16
condors, 78
Congress, U.S., 50, 79
conservation movement, 3, 49–54, 63, 76, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
Conspectus generum avium, 23
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), 54, 63, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State (1933), 53–54
corsets, 44, 49
Corvidae, 27
Cotinga family, 4, 80, 92, 98, 108, 112, 152, 187, 217, 233, 234, 235
Cotinga maculata, 235, 236, 237
Cotinga maynana, 190–91
cotton eyes, 3, 25, 91, 101, 190
courtesans, 49
Court of Appeal, British, 144, 147
courtship (dancing) rituals, 28, 30, 98, 99
Couturier, Luc, 77–78, 80, 81, 86, 87, 92, 93, 119, 142, 232–33, 239, 240
crabs, 66
crest feathers, 71–72, 78
Crime Stoppers hotline number, 114
Crimson Fruitcrows, 152
crop fertilizer, 46
Crown Court, British, 133, 135–36, 140, 141–47, 191
Crown Prosecution Service, British, 128, 175
Crown v. Gibson, 144–47
curators, 37, 40–41, 79, 102–4, 108, 109, 111–13, 119, 120, 121, 124, 128–29, 161–62, 165–72, 174, 178, 202, 210, 232–33, 241, 248
curios, 16
“custody suites,” 128
customs regulations, 53, 54, 86, 87, 222
Dahlsen, Peter, 135–36, 142–44
Daily Mail, 133
dancing (courtship) rituals, 28, 30, 98, 99
Darwin, Charles, 15, 16–17, 21, 22, 31–33, 36, 37, 46, 166, 207, 248
DDT, 166
Dead Zoo Gang, 110
decorator crabs, 66
de-extinction, 167
deforestation, 3
Delineator, 44
Delisle, Robert, 234–35, 236, 237, 239, 240
Dene & Gör Döner kebab shop, 209–10
Denmark, 217
Devil Scratchers, 69–70
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), 232
diamonds, 46
Dickey, David, 66, 79, 142
Discover, 66
dissection magnifiers, 69
DNA, 128, 166–67, 201
Dodo, 4, 103
Don’s Tackle Service, 68
DoubleTree Hotel, 157, 246
Doughty, Robin, 45
Dove River, 86
ducks, 73
dun flies, 56
“duplicate skins,” 17
Durham Ranger Fly, 60, 71–72, 89
Düsseldorf, 195–210, 212, 213, 220, 223, 227, 233, 240
Dutch Fly Fair (Zwolle) (2010), 122–23, 178
dyed feathers, 59–63, 72, 74–75, 89, 92, 105, 243–44
eBay, 63, 76–77, 96–97, 105, 106–7, 116–17, 119, 120, 123, 124–25, 126, 149, 156, 185–86, 235–39, 243
eBay.co.uk, 185–86
ecosystems, 56
Edwards, William Henry, 17
EdwinRist.com, 184–86, 189–92
Edwin’s Fancy Fly, 74
eggs, 4, 57, 88, 111, 119, 166, 248
Egrets, 43, 47, 50, 51, 53, 242
elephants, 54, 247
elk hair, 56, 68, 155–56
Elsie Fly, 60
Elvis Has Left the Building Fly, 179
Enclosure Acts, 58
endangered species, 3, 42, 43–54, 61, 63, 64, 80, 132, 234, 235–37, 242, 248
Endangered Species Act (1973), 63
Enger, Pål, 224
English National Ballet, 163
environmental issues, 54, 63, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 222, 235, 236
see also conservation movement
Erebus, HMS, 21
erectile dysfunction, 164
“Essay on the Principle of Population, An” (Malthus), 31
estate sales, 63–64, 105, 106
Europol, 164, 175
Everglades, 47, 51
evolution, 21, 31–35, 166, 181
exotic birds, 58–59, 61–62, 63, 74–77, 87–88, 92, 103, 142, 187–88, 241–44, 245, 247–48
“Exotic Materials Photo Album and Sale Page,” 190
“Extinct and Endangered Bird Collections: Managing the Risk” (Adams), 102
extinction, 4, 29–30, 36, 42, 46–48, 50–52, 65, 79, 102–3, 112–13, 164, 166–67, 181–82, 201, 248
extradition proceedings, 124, 132, 138
Facebook, 86, 180–81, 182, 192–93, 208, 215, 223, 233, 234, 243
fake flies, 246
Fallen Watchers, 182
Fallujah, 6, 159
fashion trade, 42, 43–54, 58, 63–64, 77, 87, 89, 106, 123, 176, 241–43
“feather farms,” 46
feathers:
auctions for, 45, 87, 92, 123, 158, 185, 219–20, 234–36, 240
black market in, 105–6, 113, 164
cape, 171
crest, 71–72, 78
customers for, 70, 75–76, 95, 105, 106–7, 116, 117–21, 125, 135–36, 143, 149–50, 152, 156, 159–60, 171–73, 178, 182–86, 189–90, 207, 219–20, 230–31, 235
customs regulations for, 53, 54, 86, 87, 222
dealers in, 70, 75–76, 77, 80, 105, 116–17, 122, 134–35, 157, 158–61, 160, 165, 166, 169, 188, 233–35, 246–47; see also specific dealers
dyed, 60, 61–62, 72
hackle, 61–62, 67–68, 69, 71
illegal trade (smuggling) in, 52–53, 70, 135, 176, 187–88
imitation (dyed), 59–63, 72, 74–75, 89, 92, 105, 243–44
legislation and treaties on, 3, 50–54, 63, 70, 73, 78, 79, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
merchants (milliners) for, 50, 51–54, 58, 63–64, 89, 182–86, 241–43
molting of, 76, 105
prices for, 16, 63–64, 75–79, 95, 105, 116, 128, 135–36, 172–73, 182–86, 191, 235–36
provenance of, 50–52, 105–6, 118–19
trafficking in, 51, 53, 105–6, 113, 116–17, 164, 234–35
in women’s fashion, 42, 43–54, 58, 63–64, 77, 87, 89, 106, 123, 176, 241–43
FeathersMc.com, 75–76, 142, 157, 160, 188
felonies, 148–49, 199, 221–22
ferns, 16
finches, 4, 36, 103, 207, 248
fingerprints, 113
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S., 118, 159, 188, 247
fishing, fly:
author’s interest in, 5–10, 155–57, 192, 228, 241, 244, 245, 246
bottom-feeders in, 55–56, 58
as “Brotherhood of the Angle,” 57–58
clubs for, 58
flies used by, see flies, fishing
as form of fishing, 67–68, 244–46
hooks used in, 8, 55, 61, 67, 68, 69, 78, 87
line used in, 5, 62
permits for, 246
rivers for, 56, 57–58, 70, 86, 245–46
rods used in, 62, 69, 155
tackle used for, 58, 63, 68, 88–89, 120, 216
Flame Bowerbirds, 4, 78, 86, 98, 118, 121, 123, 129, 149–50, 152, 167–68, 184, 191, 192, 207, 212, 217, 218, 235–36, 246
flashlights, 1, 97, 133
Fleming, Ian, 133
flies, fishing:
as art form, 58–59, 75, 138–39, 156, 189–90
body and wings of, 56
books on, 59–60, 69, 74, 94–95, 191
boxes for, 8–9, 62
classes in, 68–74
collectors of, 80, 104, 111–12
colors of, 59–60
community for, 149–51, 156–62, 170–78, 182–84, 193–94, 198–99, 201, 203, 220, 226, 237–38, 240, 243, 245
conventions and fairs for, 69, 86–89, 122–23, 134, 148, 157–62, 166, 178, 188, 233–34, 246–47
dedications in, 61, 74, 78
demonstrations of, 60, 67–68, 69, 79–80, 85–89, 134, 148
discussion forums for, 75, 77, 78–80, 85–86, 91, 106–7, 114, 116, 119, 123, 125, 134–35, 151, 156, 173, 184, 217, 233, 237–38, 243
fake, 246
floss for, 71, 78
freestyle, 179
history of, 56–59, 63, 72, 74, 78, 80, 93
international symposium for, 122, 157–62, 166, 188, 233–34, 246–47
manuals for, 58–62, 70, 71–72, 73, 80, 86, 156
materials used for, 45, 61, 62–63, 67–68, 70, 78, 80, 86–87, 89, 139, 155–56, 179, 245
recipes (patterns) for, 9, 56, 58, 60–61, 63, 70, 75, 77–78, 80, 86–87, 179, 245
salmon classic, 8–9, 54, 56–63, 70, 71–74, 77–78, 80–81, 86–89, 93, 118–19, 120, 122–23, 134–35, 143, 156, 158, 179, 191, 193, 216–17, 245, 246–47
substitute materials (“subs”) for, 62–63, 72, 74–75, 89, 92, 105, 243–44
thread used in, 8–61, 9, 67–68, 87
tinsel used in, 59, 61, 68–69, 71, 78, 89, 104, 158
tools for, 67–68, 72, 74
trout classic, 8–9, 56, 67–68, 69, 70
in Victorian era, 15–16, 43–54, 57–63, 67, 70, 73–75, 77, 80, 87, 90, 106, 123, 139, 142, 156, 176, 179, 183, 189, 193, 235–36, 245, 246, 248
vises for, 67, 68, 69, 74, 104, 215
see also specific flies
Flores Sea, 27
Florican Bustards, 120, 247
Florida, 46, 47, 51, 53
floss, 71, 78
“Fluteplayer 1988,” 96–97, 116–17, 123, 124–26, 156
Fly Boys, 74
FlyFisherman.com, 114
FlyFishing.co.uk, 133–34
“Fly Tier of the Year”, 105
Fly Tyer, 68, 70, 74, 80, 150–51
“Fly-Tying Crime Report, The,” 150–51
FlyTyingForum.com, 114
forensics, 1, 96, 97, 110, 113, 117, 121, 128, 174
fossils, 15, 46, 182
France, 43, 45
Frankfurt, Germany, 241
fraud, 132, 149–50
Frith, Uta, 231–32
Fugl & Fjer Fluebinding, 120–21, 217
fugue states, 6
Fur and Feather, 50
Furimsky, Chuck, 122, 247
Galápagos Islands, 4, 21, 39, 41, 103
Galileo, 62
game birds, 73
game fishing, 58
game wardens, 53
Gardner, Eric, 55
Genesis, Book of, 47
geographic distribution, 22, 35–36
geology, 27–28
Ghost Fly, 87
Gibson, Simon, 144–47
glass cutters, 1, 96–97, 98, 100, 110, 117, 126, 172, 174
“Goku,” 185–86, 212
gold, 46
golden-bellied trout, 5
Golden Birds of Paradise, 61, 62
Golden-Headed Quetzals, 78
Golden Parrots, 188
Golden Pheasants, 62, 71–72, 73, 78, 89
Gold Macaws, 158
Gold Rush, 47–48
Gondwana, 27–28
Google, 135, 214
gorillas, 54
Gould, John, 35
Granadensis, 226
grappling hooks, 96
grave robbing, 144–47
Gray, Asa, 33
Great American Cocks, 61
Great Auk, 4
Great Britain, 45–46, 50–51, 52, 53–54, 57–58
Greater Birds of Paradise, 30
Great Green Macaws, 248
grebes, 25
Green Highlander Fly, 138
guards, security, 2, 90, 96, 99, 100, 102, 173
guides, fishing, 5–10
Guidry, Bud, 75, 134, 135, 151, 156, 183–84, 194, 233–34, 237–38
Gullick, Stephen, 135–36, 140, 141–47
Gymnogene Bustards, 234
hackle feathers, 61–62, 67–68, 69, 71
hackle pliers, 68
Hall, Minna, 50
Happé, Francesca, 231
Harman, Andy, 132–33
Harper’s Bazaar, 43–44, 51
hatcheries, 246
hat industry, 42, 43–54, 58, 63–64, 77, 87, 89, 106, 123, 176, 241–43
Hawaii, 53
hawks, 246
Heathrow Airport, 117, 131
Helen sinking (1852), 13–14, 18–21, 26
Hellgrammite Fly, 69–70
Hemel Hempstead, 125–26, 132
Hemel Hempstead Magistrate’s Courthouse, 132
Hemenway, Harriet Lawrence, 50
Henderson, William, 71–72
Herd, Andrew, 58
herl feathers, 72
herons, 25, 46
herpetology, 79
Hertfordshire Constabulary, 109, 123
Himalayan Monal Pheasants, 59
Hitler, Adolf, 37
Homer, 66
homeschooling, 65–67, 85, 205
Hooker, J. D., 21, 33
hooks, 55, 61, 67, 68, 69, 78, 87
Hooper, George, 69
Hopkin, Adele, 109–14, 117, 119–20, 121, 124–27, 141–42, 150, 151, 163–64, 168, 173–75, 176, 186, 212–13, 224, 227, 230, 233
How to Dress Salmon Flies (Pryce-Tannatt), 73
Hudson Doodles, 79, 95
Humboldt, Alexander von, 22
hummingbirds, 25, 45, 245
hunters, 30, 33–34, 45, 53, 179, 202, 222
Huxley, Thomas, 35
Ice Age, 27–28
Iliad, The (Homer), 66
illegal trade (smuggling), 52–53, 70, 135, 176, 187–88
imitation (dyed) feathers, 59–63, 72, 74–75, 89, 92, 105, 243–44
Imperial War Museum, 55
Importation of Plumage Prohibition Act (1921), 52
Incas (Carolina Parakeet), 48
Incognitum (mastodon), 65, 86
Indian Crows, 64, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 92, 95–96, 98, 107, 110, 116, 118, 120, 129, 138, 150, 151, 152, 156, 158–59, 160, 165, 171, 173, 180, 184, 185, 186, 190, 192, 202, 207, 212, 217, 218, 220, 225, 227, 228, 233, 234–35, 238, 241
industrialization, 47
Infallible Fly, 61
insect infestation, 24–25
insect nets, 24
insects, 24–25, 56–57, 67, 69, 167
International Fly Tying Symposium (Somerset, N.J.), 122, 157–62, 166, 188, 233–34, 246–47
International Japanese Speech Competition, 121
International Union for Conservation of Nature, 237
Internet Archive, 184–86, 213
Interpol, 175, 213, 224
interrogations, 129–30, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, 207
Interschool Orchestra, 79
inventories, 24, 102–5, 110, 160–61, 169, 206–8
Iraq, 6, 7, 236–37, 244–45
“Irish,” 122–23, 178, 241
Irish Travellers, 110
Iron Man, 243
Italy, 113
ivory, 247
jade, 110
James Bond, 133
Jan (bodyguard), 196–99
Japan, 53, 121, 192, 208, 215
jays, 27, 73, 88–89