Lee Wulff
Lee Wulff , born Henry Leon Wulff, was an artist, pilot, fly fisherman, author, filmmaker, outfitter and conservationist who made significant contributions to recreational fishing, especially fly fishing and the conservation of Atlantic Salmon.
Lee Wulff was born on February 10, 1905 in Valdez, District of Alaska to parents Charles and Lilly Wulff of Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York respectively. Charles Wulff left Brooklyn around 1900 to seek gold in Alaska but soon became dependent on other work and settled in Valdez. In Valdez, Lees father was a deputy sheriff and newspaper publisher in the small frontier town. Lees mother was a Norwegian immigrant from Staten Island who eventually traveled to Valdez to marry Charles. They had three children, Henry , Audrey and Lillian. Lee learned to fish at an early age in the rivers and saltwater surrounding Valdez. By agehe was learning how to fly fish with lancewoodgreenheart rods and silk fly lines and leaders. During the Winter of 191516, Charles Wulff moved the family back to Brooklyn to assume management of his deceased grandfathers coal business. Lee Wulff disliked the big city of Brooklyn and longed for the outdoors of Valdez. However he did well in Brooklyn public schoo
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