Article: Peabody explores 'The Nature of Fly Fishing'

NEW HAVEN -- Inside every good fly fisherman, there's a crackerjack field biologist waiting to hatch. Certainly, that's the premise behind a major exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. "Seeing Wonders: The Nature of Fly Fishing," combines the Peabody's natural history resources with artifacts from the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, Vt.

"It's a fantastic peek into fishing culture. People associate fly fishing with a closeness to nature," says Raymond Pupedis, the Peabody's senior collections manager in entomology and a devoted fly fisherman.

"You're in the stream. You have to get close to the fish, know its habitat, know what it feeds on. It requires a lot of ...