The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Rio Fly anglers fishing for sea

Fly anglers fishing for sea and lake-run salmon

Padded backing and integrated net sleeve

Bigger fish will typically grab this 4" fly due to its bigger profile

or attached to a D-ring or fishing lanyard

Upon entering the water

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Rio Fly anglers fishing for seaOn a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty year old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian