Louis Rhead Gamy Black Bass The illustration by Louis Rhead Gamy Black Bass was part of a feature from the Brooklyn daily Feature on June 21, 1908. The Title of Gamy Black Bass How it is Caught with Bait and Fly, How and Where uses Rhead’s masterful use of illustrations to give the reader a […]
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Louis Rhead Fishing From Dreamland Pier
Louis Rhead Fishing From Dreamland Pier This News article, Louis Rhead Fishing From Dreamland Pier comes from the Brooklyn Star Circa 1908. We get a chance to see Louis Rhead’s art as well as his Penmanship. I think we as lure collectors forget that sometimes he just wasn’t the fly rod lure maker extraordinaire, but that […]
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Louis Rhead Anglers Christmas
Louis Rhead Anglers Christmas 1917 I saw this Louis Rhead Anglers Christmas scene from 1917 come across my feed this morning and just had to share.
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Louis Rhead Putting Worms on a Hook
Louis Rhead Putting Worms on a Hook This Louis Rhead Putting Worms on a Hook Illustration invokes in many a special feeling or time. A time when we ourselves were children or when we passed on to another the love of angling. Through the decades Mr. Rhead through works illustrated not only a passion and love for […]
Brook Trout Baptism Here in the Brook Trout Baptism, out of the book Speckled Brook Trout with Illustrations by famed artist and fisherman Louis Rhead. The book was printed in 1902 and is filled with some great illustrations and even writings by lure maker, fisherman and outdoor enthusiast W.C Harris. Baptism of the Brook Trout […]