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Fly Fishing
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Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on the right is carrying a net. A typed caption on the reverse of the print reads: "How's this for an ideal spot for fly fishing? A river in Burnett county, northwestern Wisconsin."
1940
Wisconsin. Conservation Department
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WHi 135389
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Paddling Upstream
1940
An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackened tree trunks on the banks provide evidenc...
Picnic on Shore of Flambeau River
1940
A man, sitting on a wooden bench, and a woman, sitting on the ground, are enjoying a picnic on the shore of the Flambeau River. There is an open plaid metal picnic hamper, utensils and thermos bott...
Fox River Dam
1940
Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the shore of the Fox River below the dam at Mont...
Rustic Footbridge
1940
A rustic log footbridge crosses the Bois Brule River at the Superior Brule Club.
Fishing
1940
Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line attached. Another boy and a girl are sittin...
Trout Fishing
June 1938
Elevated view of a man wearing a plaid shirt, waders, and a hat with flies tucked in the band casting into a stream. The caption on the negative envelope reads: "Trout fishing in the swirling white...
