Sheridan Anderson
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Sheridan Andreas Mulholland Anderson (September 18, 1936 — March 31, 1984) was an American outdoorsman, fly fisherman, author, and illustrator.
Born near Los Angeles, Anderson moved with his parents and younger brother to Salt Lake City, where he attended the University of Utah and studied art. He dropped out and became involved in the rock climbing community, writing and drawing for various climbing publications and co-authoring books on the subject with Royal Robbins.
Anderson's most enduring reputation is for The Curtis Creek Manifesto, a 48-page illustrated guide to fly fishing named for a creek of the Blacksmith Fork River in Utah. Put out by Amato Publications, it is that company's best seller with roughly 300,000 copies sold since it was published in 1978. Yvon Chouinard, a fellow outdoorsman who founded the Patagonia outdoor clothing company, called it "probably the best beginner's treatise on how to fly-fish."
[edit] References
- Reynolds, Christopher. "Trout savant in a big black cape". Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2004.
- Spence, Evelyn. "Master of the Manifesto". MidCurrent (fly fishing newsletter), 2004.
