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Joan Salvato Wulff (born 1926) is a fly fisher. In 1951, she won the national fly-casting distance title, an all-male competition, and was a National Casting Champion from 1943-1960. She started the Wulff School of Fly Fishing along with her husband, Lee Wulff, in 1978, along the Beaverkill River in New York. The author of numerous books, Wulff was inducted into the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame (2007) and American Casting Association Hall of Fame and is widely regarded as the architect of modern-day fly-casting mechanics.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and angling career

Joan Wulff was born in Paterson, New Jersey.[6]

Joan first interacted with Lee Wulff, a famous angler and cinematographer, filming together. Later, the two were married in 1967, traveling and fishing across the world together. This period of time included both Joan's introduction to salmon fishing, but also her extensive promotion of women's fishing clothing and equipment.[7]

Wulff School of Fly Fishing

In 1978, Joan and her husband Lee Wulff, moved to Lew Beach, New York, and the upper Beaverkill River, where Joan carried out her plan of opening a fly-fishing school.[8]

References

  1. ^ Steven A. Riess (26 March 2015). Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 1061. ISBN 978-1-317-45947-7.
  2. ^ Holtz, Jeff (October 14, 2007). "Celebrating a Sport With History, Grace and a Bond With Nature". New York Times.
  3. ^ Samson, Jack (1995). Lee Wulff. Joan Salvato Wulff. Portland, Or.: Frank Amato. ISBN 1-57188-019-4. OCLC 34148521.
  4. ^ Allen, Joseph (2013). Modern Trout Fishing: Advanced Tactics and Strategies for Today's Fly Fisher. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-0762793846.
  5. ^ Whitelaw, Ian (2015). The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies. Abrams. ISBN 978-1781314012.
  6. ^ As of May 2017 she is 89 years old: Virtuoso; Jan Fogt; May 16, 2017
  7. ^ "Joan Salvato Wulff". American Museum Of Fly Fishing. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  8. ^ "Virtuoso". Anglers Journal - A Fishing Life. Retrieved 2023-08-22.

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