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Dave Hughes papers, 1970-2015
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hughes, Dave, 1945-
- Title
- Dave Hughes papers
- Dates
- 1970-2015 (inclusive)19702015
- Quantity
- 10.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 2609, Collection 2609, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Dave Hughes Papers consists primarily of author proofs, drafts, research notes, and unpublished works written by Dave Hughes. Dave Hughes is the author of over 20 books on fly fishing as well as the author of fly fishing articles published in well respected fly fishing magazines.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to research.
- Languages
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dave Hughes was born in Astoria, Oregon in 1945 and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1967. He is the author of over 25 books and articles on fly fishing, fly tying, and works of fiction. His works include Western Hatches (written with Rick Hafele), Handbook of Hatches, Reading Trout Water, Wet Flies, Essential Trout Flies, Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters, and Trout Flies. His articles have appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Field and Stream, Fly Fishing the West and Fly Fisherman. As of 2022 he is a regular columnist contributor for Fly Rod and Reel, and Flyfishing and Trout Journal.
Dave was founding president of Oregon Trout in 1983, awarded life membership in the Federation of Fly Fishers in 1985, the Pete Hidy honorary life membership in the FlyFishers Club of Oregon in 1992, and received the prestigious Letcher Lambuth Angler Craftsman Award in 2008 from the Washington Fly Fishing Club. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Japanese fly fishing writer Masako Tani, and their daughter Kosumo.
Most of the information above is taken from the Biography page on Dave Hughes website: http://davehughesflyfishing.com/about-dave/
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists primarily of writings, drafts and final published works of the fly fishing and fly tying writer Dave Hughes. Varying levels of manuscript and magazine article drafts illustrate project progression and Hughes' writing process. Most works are non-fiction, relating to fly fishing and fly tying, but there are also some fiction works and works of poetry. The collection also includes both records of Hughe's daily life and his firsthand fly fishing experience in the form of fishing Logs and pocket journals where he has noted both environmental conditions, and the methods he and his companions used while fishing. Most of his experience is in the Rocky Mountain Region and Northwestern United States, but his writings also include fishing trips and travel in Canada, Japan, and Chile. There are both illustrated and physical examples of fly fishing lures, and other illustrative materials that were used in the production of his published works.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The copyright for all unpublished works in this collection have been retained by Dave Hughes.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Literary manuscripts, personal papers, diaries, and other materials created or collected by Dave Hughes of Portland, Oregon, were purchased from him by Montana State University in 2016. In November 2022, acession 2682 was added to the collection as boxes 17-26, and items 10 and 11 in box 16. These items were orriginally found in the Vernon E. Gallup papers (accession number 2696).
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2016 December 28. In November 2022 accession 2682 was added to the collection.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description of all materials provided by donor with notes on each itemReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 14, Folder 1
Oregon BLM map; Collection of articles in three ring binder
ManuscriptsReturn to Top
This series includes both edited drafts and final manuscripts of several of his published books. Final manuscripts in the collection are all unbound printouts of the final work, as well as some digital copies on removable media. Drafts vary from handwritten first drafts, to edited progressive drafts illustrating his editorial process. Some of the draft material includes unpublished chapters and working notes such as outlines and other writing ideas. Also included are illustrative materials such as sketches of page layouts and suggestions for illustrations.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Big Indian Creek
typed drafts and Authors Proof
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| 14 | 3 | Typed draft in binder for Big Indian Creek
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| 14 | 2 | Handwritten diary that is basis for book Big Indian Creek and typed version of diary |
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| 1 | 2 |
Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters
typed draft pages 1-250 and Style Sheet
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| 1 | 3 |
Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters
typed draft pages 250-579
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| 1 | 4 |
Matching Mayflies
typed first draf
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| 2 | 1 |
Matching Mayflies
typed final draft
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| 3 | 1 |
Trout Flies
draft 1-200, image plates and correspondence with publisher
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| 3 | 2 |
Trout Flies
draft 201-550
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| 3 | 3 |
Trout Flies
draft 551-884 and Index
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| 3 | 4 |
Dry Fly Fishing
typed draft and handwritten research notes
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| 4 | 1 |
Dry Fly Fishing
typed draft
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1993 |
| 4 | 2 |
Dry Fly Fishing
author proofs
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| 4 | 3 |
Dry Fly Fishing
typed draft and chapter outline notes
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| 4 | 4 |
Dry Fly Fishing
typed draft and photo script
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| 5 | 3 |
An Angler's Astoria
the unpublished chapters
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| 17 | 1-4 |
Angler's Astoria: First Draft, Pen Draft, Includes Some Unpublished Chapters 1-4 |
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| 17 | 5 |
Angler's Astoria: Unpublished Chapters |
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| 18 | 1-2 |
Angler's Astoria: Edited Manuscript Carbon 1-2 |
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| 8 | 1 | 6 original pieces of art by Grant Linn used in An Angler's Astoria
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| 8 | 3 |
Western Streamside Guide
revised edition draft
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April 1997 |
| 8 | 4 |
Western Streamside Guide
revised edition draft
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May 1997 |
| 8 | 5 |
Western Streamside Guide
revised edition notes, hatch list, author proofs
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| 10 | 3 |
Western Streamside Guide
notes and author proof
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| 10 | 4 |
Western Streamside Guide
author proof 1-66
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| 11 | 1 |
Western Streamside Guide
67-index
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| 18 | 3 |
Western Streamside Guide: Edited Fist Draft |
1987 |
| 18 | 4 |
Western Streamside Guide: Xerox of Manuscript |
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| 18 | 5 |
Western Streamside Guide: Final Manuscript Copy |
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| 8 | 6 |
Wet Flies
pattern list with hand tied flies; proofs of book cover; casting diagrams; 17 photos and 2 color print fly images for book
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| 14 | 4 | Wet Flies Notebook with notes for book Wet Flies
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| floppy-disc | |||
| 15 | 1 |
Wet Flies "WET-1" |
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| 15 | 2 |
Wet Flies "WET-2" |
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| 15 | 3 |
Wet Flies "WET-3" |
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| Folder | |||
| 9 | 1 | Original photograph arrangement sheets for Wet Flies
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| 9 | 6 |
Strategies for Stillwater
author proof
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| 10 | 1 |
Strategies for Stillwater
early typed draft
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| 10 | 2 |
Strategies for Stillwater
typed draft
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| 18 | 6 |
Strategies for Stillwater: Outline, Chapter Notes, and Unpublished Chapter |
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| 18 | 7 |
Strategies for Stillwater: Edited First Draft 1 of 2 |
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| 19 | 1 |
Strategies for Stillwater: Edited First Draft 2 of 2 |
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| 19 | 2-3 |
Handbook of Hatches: Edited Final Manuscript, Returned from Stackpole Books 1-2 |
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| 19 | 4 |
Handbook of Hatches: Copy of Final Book |
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| 19 | 5 |
Reading Trout Water: First Draft |
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| 19 | 6-7 |
Reading Trout Water: Final Manuscript-Copy 1-2 |
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| 20 | 1-2 |
Reading Water, Finding Fish: Edited Final Manuscript, Author's Corrections |
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| 20 | 3 |
Tactics for Trout: Working Notes and Chapter Outlines |
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| 20 | 4-6 |
Tactics for Trout: Edited First Draft 1-3 |
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| 21 | 1-2 |
Tactics for Trout: Final Manuscript-Copy 1-2 |
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| 21 | 3-4 |
Tackle and Technique for Taking Trout: Edited First Draft 1-2 |
1988 |
| 21 | 5-6 |
Tackle and Technique: Final Draft, Photo Captions, Illustration Captions, Xerox of Illustrations 1-2 |
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| 21 | 7 |
Tackle and Technique: Author's Original Manuscript 1 of 2 |
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| 22 | 1 |
Tackle and Technique: Author's Original Manuscript 2 of 2 |
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| 22 | 2-4 | Western Angler's Entomology, AKA Western Hatches: Copy of Edited Second Draft 1-3 |
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| 22 | 5-7 |
Western Hatches: Second Draft and Pictures-Yellow Copy 1-3 |
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| 23 | 1-3 |
Western Hatches: Original Manuscript: Includes Carbons of Indexes 1-3 |
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| 23 | 4-6 |
Fly Fishing Basics: Edited First Draft 1-3 |
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| 24 | 1-2 |
Yellowstone River: First Draft and Xerox 1-2 |
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| 24 | 3 |
Yellowstone River: Original Manuscript |
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| 24 | 4 |
American Fly Tying Manual: Edited First Draft |
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| 24 | 5 |
American Fly Tying Manual: Working Notebook |
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| 24 | 6 |
American Fly Tying Manual: Materials For Plates |
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| 24 | 7 |
American Fly Tying Manual: Copy of Final Manuscript |
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| 24 | 8-9 | Fly Fishing Magazine: Western Fly Fishing Guide: Final Manuscript Copy 1-2 |
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| item | |||
| 16 | 1 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes |
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| compact-disc | |||
| 16 | 1 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #1 in Box 16
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| floppy-disc | |||
| 16 | 1 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #1 in Box 16
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| 16 | 2 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes |
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| compact-disc | |||
| 16 | 2 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #2 in Box 16
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| floppy-disc | |||
| 16 | 2 | Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #2 in Box 16
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Other WritingsReturn to Top
These materials encapsulate writings that did not result in a book publication. These writings further illustrate and preserve Hughes' writing process and the collaborative process of contributing to popular publications.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 2 | Summer of Grass, Summer of Wood, Home River
handwritten draft
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| 2 | 3 | Small Stream
final typed draft
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2002 |
| 2 | 4 | The Killer Boys
typed draft
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| 4 | 5 | Hermaphrodites to Dries
typed draft published in anthology City Fishing
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| 4 | 6 | Kept Man, Life Cycles, Love Story of the Trout
typed drafts published in Fly, Rod and Reel
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| 4 | 7 | When to go to Narragansett, Shagging, The Best Fly Fishing he ever had, Trilobite
typed drafts unpublished
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| 4 | 8 | Death of a Trout Stream
notes, draft, and timeline published in An Anglers Astoria
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| 4 | 9 | What It Was (draft published in Love Story of the Trout) and Widowmaker
published in Big Sky Journal
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| 5 | 1 | Published and unpublished poetry |
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| 5 | 2 | Unpublished short fiction and essays
Fishing for Memorable Moments, Roof Hunter, Tied to the Tides, Things That Go Thump in the Lake
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| 5 | 4 | Time and the River
typed draft
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| 5 | 5 | Time and the River
notes, chapter outlines, and handwritten draft
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| 5 | 6 | Time and the River
note cards and editor correspondence
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| 5 | 7 | Time and the River
typed draft pages 1-250
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| 6 | 1 | Time and the River
typed draft pages 251-494
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| 6 | 2 | Time and the River
typed draft parts 1 and 2 with several handwritten note pages/cards
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| 6 | 3 | Time and the River
typed draft
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| 6 | 4 | Time and the River
typed draft pages 1-278
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| 7 | 1 | Time and the River
typed draft pages 279-494
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| 7 | 2 | Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
typed draft (Wet Flies)
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| 7 | 3 | Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
typed draft (Wet Flies) and reading list
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| 7 | 1 | Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
typed draft (Wet Flies)
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| 8 | 2 | Sly Nemes handtied flies
6 total and thank you card to Dave, typed draft of Soft hackled flies, and unbound authors copy
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| 9 | 2 | Basic Trout Flies
draft and photo list
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| 9 | 3 | Fly Fishing...and tying typed booklets |
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| 9 | 4 | The True Importance of Polly Rosborough in Santiam Hatch
Workshop booklets: Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters. 16 pages; Matching Hatches Simplified. 16 pages; Tying Trout Stream Nymphs. 16 pages; Small Stream Trout Flies:Ten Deadlies. 8 pages; Small Stream Trout Flies: A deadly dozen. 8 pages
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| 9 | 5 | 7 versions of Entomology and the Artificial Fly by Rick Hafele and Dave Hughes |
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| 11 | 1-4 | 4 Chile trip notebooks |
January 24-February 9, 1995; February 9-February 15, 1995; January 9-January 27, 1996; January 28-February 14, 1996 |
| Folder | |||
| 12 | 1 | Index of magazine articles |
1978-1994 |
| 12 | 2 | Magazine articles Salmon, Trout Steelheader
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| 12 | 3 | Magazine articles Flyfishing
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| 12 | 4 | Magazine articles Fly Fisherman
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| 12 | 5 | Magazine articles Fly Fishing the West
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| 13 | 1 | Magazine articles The Flyfisher
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| 13 | 2 | Magazine articles American Angler and Fly Tyer
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| 13 | 3 | Magazine articles Field and Stream
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| 13 | 4 | Magazine articles Scientific Angler
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| 13 | 5 | Magazine articles Fishing the North Country
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| 13 | 13 | Magazine articles Western Outdoors
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| 13 | 7 | Magazine articles Northwest Living
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| 13 | 8 | Magazine articles Outdoor Life
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| 13 | 9 | Magazine articles Game Journal
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| 13 | 10 | Magazine articles Saltwater Sportsman
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| 13 | 11 | Magazine articles Fins and Feathers
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| 13 | 12 | Magazine articles California Angler
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| 13 | 13 | Magazine articles Flyfishing News
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| 13 | 14 | Magazine articles Oregonian Northwest
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| 13 | 15 | Magazine articles Entomology Journal
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| 13 | 16 | Magazine articles Flytying
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| 13 | 17 | Tear sheets various periodicals |
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| 13 | 18 | Newspaper clipping various papers |
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| 13 | 19 | Articles in angling club newsletters |
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| 25 | 1-2 | Article Drafts Exchanged Between Hughes and Gallup 1-2 |
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| 25 | 3 | Upper Yellowstone Forgotten Fishing: Longhand, Summer 1991 |
1991 |
| 25 | 4-5 | Article Drafts and Correspondence, Field and Stream 1-2 |
1990-1992 |
| 25 | 6 | Article Drafts and Correspondence, Fly Fishing Magazine
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1990-1991 |
| 25 | 7 | Article Drafts and Correspondence, Fly Fisherman
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1990 |
| 25 | 8 | Article Drafts and Correspondence, American Angler
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1991 |
| 26 | 1 | Article Draft, Game Journal
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| 26 | 2 | Article Draft, Rod and Reel
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1990 |
| 26 | 3 | Article Draft, Salmon, Trout Steelheader
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1992 |
| 26 | 4 | Article Draft, Game Country
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1991 |
| 26 | 5-6 | Various Magazine First Drafts: Includes Fiction Drafts that Might Become a Book 1-2 |
1992-1993 |
Fishing LogsReturn to Top
Throughout his fishing career Dave Hughes took detailed notes on his outings and trips. His fishing logs are formatted templates that record: Date, Time, Stream/Lake, Section (of lake/stream), Who (was in attendance), Transportation, Weather, Weather Temperature, Water Conditions, Water Temperature, Natural, Time, Imitation, Methods, Fish, and Notes. Included within the pages and binders are other materials related to his experience like receipts, fishing licenses, fishing regulations, event and guide service fliers, sketches of the flies used, maps and directions to fishing locations, and "book of lists" which are organized checklists of items he needed for camping, fishing, boating, and hunting. Some physical fishing flies are also included.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 2 | Fishing log |
1974-1977 |
| 11 | 3 | Fishing log |
1975-1976 |
| 11 | 4 | Fishing log |
1978 |
| 11 | 5 | Fishing log |
1979-1982 |
| item | |||
| 16 | 3 | 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991 | |
| 16 | 4 | 1990; 1991; 1992 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1992; 1993; 1994 | |
| 16 | 6 | 1996; 1997; 1998 | |
| 16 | 7 | 1999; 2000; 2001 | |
| 16 | 8 | 2002; 2003; 2004 | |
| 16 | 9 | 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 |
Pocket JournalsReturn to Top
Dave Hughes kept pocket size journals for use taking notes in the moment. Many of the notes on water conditions and fishing lures used may have been transcribed later into his fishing logs, and other notes included are comprised of names and addresses for various people, trip experiences, writing ideas and notes such as lines of poetry, checklists and brief reminders. Most of the titles and dates are taken either from the titles provided by Hughes or from the dates included within the notebooks. Physical fishing flies have also been attached to pages within the notebooks.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 15 | 4 | Oregon, Arizona, Utah |
1988 |
| 15 | 5 | May 1988 | |
| 15 | 6 | December 1988 | |
| 15 | 7 | May 1989 | |
| 15 | 8 | January 1, 1989-September 1, 1989 | |
| 15 | 9 | December 1989 | |
| 15 | 10 | 1990 | |
| 15 | 11 | Sierra |
1990 |
| 15 | 12-13 | Yellowstone |
1991 |
| 15 | 14 | July 1992 | |
| 15 | 15 | Japan |
1992 |
| 15 | 16 | Wisconsin |
1994 |
| 15 | 17 | September 10, 1994 | |
| 15 | 18 | May 12, 1995 | |
| 15 | 19 | July 25, 1995 | |
| 15 | 20 | 1995 | |
| 15 | 45 | June 1996 | |
| 15 | 46 | July 1996 | |
| 15 | 21 | September 6, 1996 | |
| 15 | 22 | Chile |
1996 |
| 15 | 23-24 | 1997 | |
| 15 | 25 | April 29, 1998 | |
| 15 | 26 | October 21, 1998 | |
| 15 | 27 | April 1, 1999 | |
| 15 | 28 | July 27, 1999 | |
| 15 | 29 | Japan |
1999 |
| 15 | 47 | May 2001 | |
| 15 | 30 | December 16, 2001 | |
| 15 | 31 | March 5, 2002 | |
| 15 | 32 | March 27, 2002 | |
| 15 | 33 | June 18, 2002 | |
| 15 | 34 | January 19, 2003 | |
| 15 | 35 | August 9, 2004 | |
| 15 | 36 | January 1-December 31, 2006 | |
| 15 | 37 | December 11, 2006 | |
| 15 | 38 | July 6, 2007 | |
| 15 | 39 | July 23, 2007 | |
| 15 | 40 | April 2012 | |
| 15 | 41 | November 2012 | |
| 15 | 42 | Lochsa River |
September 2013 |
| 15 | 43 | 2013-2014 | |
| 15 | 44 | 2014 |
Untitled SketchReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 16, Item 10
Matted Photo, Isoynchia Salderi, Mahogany Dun, Male Dun (subimago), Yellow Breeches, By Eugene P Macrel, circa 1986Return to Top
Container(s): Box 16, Item 11
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Authors, American--20th century
- Fishers
- Fly fishing
- Fly tyers
Personal Names
- Hughes, Dave, 1945---Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries
- Manuscripts
- Manuscripts for publication
Kim Allen Scott, 2016; Melissa Pomeroy, 2022
2022
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