How To Submit a Tackle Inquiry

Here at AMFF, we are frequently asked to provide identification and history…


During a January 19 Zoom webinar, AMFF curator Jim Schottenham highlighted a…

Rebranding AMFF: Water + Fish + Fly

By AMFF Trustee Adam Trisk Change is hard for some, impossible for others…


Robert Redford, Trout & Kayaks: 'A River Runs Through It' Story From The Crew

This story originally appeared on Second Unit Director Paul Ryan’s blog.…


J.R. Hartley Yellow Pages Advertisement

In 1983, The UK ran an advertisement for the Yellow Pages…


The AMFF Sits Down With Hank Patterson

As part of our initiative to showcase the evolution of modern fly fishing…


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…


The AMFF Film Exhibit At The Wonders Of Wildlife

By the year 2004, when narrative fly fishing films first appeared,…


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

The Charles Thacher Collection

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


Jim Schottenham standing on a boat, holding a striped bass.

Jim Schottenham Joins the AMFF As Curator

The American Museum of Fly Fishing is pleased to announce the appointment of…