Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections
Dave Hughes papers
Hughes, Dave, 1945-
2609
Collection 2609, MtBC, us
10.5 linear feet
1970-2024
The Dave Hughes Papers consists primarily of author proofs, drafts, research notes, and unpublished works written by Dave Hughes.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.
Collection materials are in English
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/
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.
Collection is open to research.
The copyright for all unpublished works in this collection have been retained by Dave Hughes.
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).
This collection was processed 2016 December 28. In November 2022 accession 2682 was added to the collection.
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Hughes, Dave, 1945---Archives
Authors, American--20th century
Fly fishing
Fishers
Fly tyers
Fishing and Canning
Sports and Recreation
Bozeman
Montana
Environmental Conditions
Fisheries and Wildlife
Manuscripts for publication
Manuscripts
Diaries
Poetry
Description of all materials provided by donor with notes on each item
14
1
Oregon BLM map; Collection of articles in three ring binder
Manuscripts
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.
Big Indian Creek
1
1
typed drafts and Authors Proof
Typed draft in binder for Big Indian Creek
14
3
Handwritten diary that is basis for book Big Indian Creek and typed version of diary
14
2
Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters
1
2
typed draft pages 1-250 and Style Sheet
Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters
1
3
typed draft pages 250-579
Matching Mayflies
1
4
typed first draf
Matching Mayflies
2
1
typed final draft
Trout Flies
3
1
draft 1-200, image plates and correspondence with publisher
Trout Flies
3
2
draft 201-550
Trout Flies
3
3
draft 551-884 and Index
Dry Fly Fishing
3
4
typed draft and handwritten research notes
Dry Fly Fishing
1993
4
1
typed draft
Dry Fly Fishing
4
2
author proofs
Dry Fly Fishing
4
3
typed draft and chapter outline notes
Dry Fly Fishing
4
4
typed draft and photo script
An Angler's Astoria
5
3
the unpublished chapters
Angler's Astoria: First Draft, Pen Draft, Includes Some Unpublished Chapters 1-4
17
1-4
Angler's Astoria: Unpublished Chapters
17
5
Angler's Astoria: Edited Manuscript Carbon 1-2
18
1-2
6 original pieces of art by Grant Linn used in An Angler's Astoria
8
1
Western Streamside Guide
April 1997
8
3
revised edition draft
Western Streamside Guide
May 1997
8
4
revised edition draft
Western Streamside Guide
8
5
revised edition notes, hatch list, author proofs
Western Streamside Guide
10
3
notes and author proof
Western Streamside Guide
10
4
author proof 1-66
Western Streamside Guide
11
1
67-index
Western Streamside Guide: Edited Fist Draft
1987
18
3
Western Streamside Guide: Xerox of Manuscript
18
4
Western Streamside Guide: Final Manuscript Copy
18
5
Wet Flies
8
6
pattern list with hand tied flies; proofs of book cover; casting diagrams; 17 photos and 2 color print fly images for book
Wet Flies Notebook with notes for book Wet Flies
14
4
Wet Flies "WET-1"
15
1
Wet Flies "WET-2"
15
2
Wet Flies "WET-3"
15
3
Original photograph arrangement sheets for Wet Flies
9
1
Strategies for Stillwater
9
6
author proof
Strategies for Stillwater
10
1
early typed draft
Strategies for Stillwater
10
2
typed draft
Strategies for Stillwater: Outline, Chapter Notes, and Unpublished Chapter
18
6
Strategies for Stillwater: Edited First Draft 1 of 2
18
7
Strategies for Stillwater: Edited First Draft 2 of 2
19
1
Handbook of Hatches: Edited Final Manuscript, Returned from Stackpole Books 1-2
19
2-3
Handbook of Hatches: Copy of Final Book
19
4
Reading Trout Water: First Draft
19
5
Reading Trout Water: Final Manuscript-Copy 1-2
19
6-7
Reading Water, Finding Fish: Edited Final Manuscript, Author's Corrections
20
1-2
Tactics for Trout: Working Notes and Chapter Outlines
20
3
Tactics for Trout: Edited First Draft 1-3
20
4-6
Tactics for Trout: Final Manuscript-Copy 1-2
21
1-2
Tackle and Technique for Taking Trout: Edited First Draft 1-2
1988
21
3-4
Tackle and Technique: Final Draft, Photo Captions, Illustration Captions, Xerox of Illustrations 1-2
21
5-6
Tackle and Technique: Author's Original Manuscript 1 of 2
21
7
Tackle and Technique: Author's Original Manuscript 2 of 2
22
1
Western Angler's Entomology, AKA Western Hatches: Copy of Edited Second Draft 1-3
22
2-4
Western Hatches: Second Draft and Pictures-Yellow Copy 1-3
22
5-7
Western Hatches: Original Manuscript: Includes Carbons of Indexes 1-3
23
1-3
Fly Fishing Basics: Edited First Draft 1-3
23
4-6
Yellowstone River: First Draft and Xerox 1-2
24
1-2
Yellowstone River: Original Manuscript
24
3
American Fly Tying Manual: Edited First Draft
24
4
American Fly Tying Manual: Working Notebook
24
5
American Fly Tying Manual: Materials For Plates
24
6
American Fly Tying Manual: Copy of Final Manuscript
24
7
Fly Fishing Magazine: Western Fly Fishing Guide: Final Manuscript Copy 1-2
24
8-9
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
1
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
1
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #1 in Box 16
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Caddis Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
1
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #1 in Box 16
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
2
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
2
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #2 in Box 16
Unpublished manuscript with notes, Western Stonefly Hatches by Hafele and Hughes
16
2
Item is located in a pocket inside Item #2 in Box 16
Other Writings
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.
Summer of Grass, Summer of Wood, Home River
2
2
handwritten draft
Small Stream
2002
2
3
final typed draft
The Killer Boys
2
4
typed draft
Hermaphrodites to Dries
4
5
typed draft published in anthology
City Fishing
Kept Man, Life Cycles, Love Story of the Trout
4
6
typed drafts published in
Fly, Rod and Reel
When to go to Narragansett, Shagging, The Best Fly Fishing he ever had, Trilobite
4
7
typed drafts unpublished
Death of a Trout Stream
4
8
notes, draft, and timeline published in
An Anglers Astoria
What It Was (draft published in Love Story of the Trout) and Widowmaker
4
9
published in
Big Sky Journal
Published and unpublished poetry
5
1
Unpublished short fiction and essays
5
2
Fishing for Memorable Moments, Roof Hunter, Tied to the Tides, Things That Go Thump in the Lake
Time and the River
5
4
typed draft
Time and the River
5
5
notes, chapter outlines, and handwritten draft
Time and the River
5
6
note cards and editor correspondence
Time and the River
5
7
typed draft pages 1-250
Time and the River
6
1
typed draft pages 251-494
Time and the River
6
2
typed draft parts 1 and 2 with several handwritten note pages/cards
Time and the River
6
3
typed draft
Time and the River
6
4
typed draft pages 1-278
Time and the River
7
1
typed draft pages 279-494
Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
7
2
typed draft (Wet Flies)
Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
7
3
typed draft (Wet Flies) and reading list
Subsurface Fly Fishing and Flies
7
1
typed draft (Wet Flies)
Sly Nemes handtied flies
8
2
6 total and thank you card to Dave, typed draft of Soft hackled flies, and unbound authors copy
Basic Trout Flies
9
2
draft and photo list
Fly Fishing...and tying typed booklets
9
3
The True Importance of Polly Rosborough in Santiam Hatch
9
4
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
7 versions of Entomology and the Artificial Fly by Rick Hafele and Dave Hughes
9
5
4 Chile trip notebooks
January 24-February 9, 1995
February 9-February 15, 1995
January 9-January 27, 1996
January 28-February 14, 1996
11
1-4
Index of magazine articles
1978-1994
12
1
Magazine articles Salmon, Trout Steelheader
12
2
Magazine articles Flyfishing
12
3
Magazine articles Fly Fisherman
12
4
Magazine articles Fly Fishing the West
12
5
Magazine articles The Flyfisher
13
1
Magazine articles American Angler and Fly Tyer
13
2
Magazine articles Field and Stream
13
3
Magazine articles Scientific Angler
13
4
Magazine articles Fishing the North Country
13
5
Magazine articles Western Outdoors
13
13
Magazine articles Northwest Living
13
7
Magazine articles Outdoor Life
13
8
Magazine articles Game Journal
13
9
Magazine articles Saltwater Sportsman
13
10
Magazine articles Fins and Feathers
13
11
Magazine articles California Angler
13
12
Magazine articles Flyfishing News
13
13
Magazine articles Oregonian Northwest
13
14
Magazine articles Entomology Journal
13
15
Magazine articles Flytying
13
16
Tear sheets various periodicals
13
17
Newspaper clipping various papers
13
18
Articles in angling club newsletters
13
19
Article Drafts Exchanged Between Hughes and Gallup 1-2
25
1-2
Upper Yellowstone Forgotten Fishing: Longhand, Summer 1991
1991
25
3
Article Drafts and Correspondence, Field and Stream 1-2
1990-1992
25
4-5
Article Drafts and Correspondence, Fly Fishing Magazine
1990-1991
25
6
Article Drafts and Correspondence, Fly Fisherman
1990
25
7
Article Drafts and Correspondence, American Angler
1991
25
8
Article Draft, Game Journal
26
1
Article Draft, Rod and Reel
1990
26
2
Article Draft, Salmon, Trout Steelheader
1992
26
3
Article Draft, Game Country
1991
26
4
Various Magazine First Drafts: Includes Fiction Drafts that Might Become a Book 1-2
1992-1993
26
5-6
Fishing Logs
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.
CAUTION ADVISED: the notebooks in this series include fishing flies/lures attached to pages throughout the documents. Fishing flies have sharp hooks which can pierce, stab or cut exposed skin. Please exercise caution to limit the chance of injury, and/or the chance of items becoming dislodged from their proper location.
Fishing log
1974-1977
11
2
Fishing log
1975-1976
11
3
Fishing log
1978
11
4
Fishing log
1979-1982
11
5
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
16
3
1990
1991
1992
16
4
1992
1993
1994
16
5
1996
1997
1998
16
6
1999
2000
2001
16
7
2002
2003
2004
16
8
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
16
9
Pocket Journals
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.
CAUTION ADVISED: the notebooks in this series include fishing flies/lures attached to pages throughout the documents. Fishing flies have sharp hooks which can pierce, stab or cut exposed skin. Please exercise caution to limit the chance of injury, and/or the chance of items becoming dislodged from their proper location.
Oregon, Arizona, Utah
1988
15
4
May 1988
15
5
December 1988
15
6
May 1989
15
7
January 1, 1989-September 1, 1989
15
8
December 1989
15
9
1990
15
10
Sierra
1990
15
11
Yellowstone
1991
15
12-13
July 1992
15
14
Japan
1992
15
15
Wisconsin
1994
15
16
September 10, 1994
15
17
May 12, 1995
15
18
July 25, 1995
15
19
1995
15
20
June 1996
15
45
July 1996
15
46
September 6, 1996
15
21
Chile
1996
15
22
1997
15
23-24
April 29, 1998
15
25
October 21, 1998
15
26
April 1, 1999
15
27
July 27, 1999
15
28
Japan
1999
15
29
May 2001
15
47
December 16, 2001
15
30
March 5, 2002
15
31
March 27, 2002
15
32
June 18, 2002
15
33
January 19, 2003
15
34
August 9, 2004
15
35
January 1-December 31, 2006
15
36
December 11, 2006
15
37
July 6, 2007
15
38
July 23, 2007
15
39
April 2012
15
40
November 2012
15
41
Lochsa River
September 2013
15
42
2013-2014
15
43
2014
15
44
Untitled Sketch
16
10
Matted Photo, Isoynchia Salderi, Mahogany Dun, Male Dun (subimago), Yellow Breeches, By Eugene P Macrel
circa 1986
16
11
Web archive
2023-2024