Muriel Foster, self-portrait in the rain, 1923

Muriel Foster, self-portrait on horse, 1919

There are notable examples of women anglers that have made significant contributions to the literature and sport of angling.   The women included in this exhibit are listed below.

• Juliana Berners
• Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Muriel Foster

Scene of Little Loch Broom, Scotland

On September 16, 1913, at Little Loch Broom in Scotland, Muriel Foster made the first entry in her fishing diary, unaware that she was a pioneering fly fisherwoman.  Her fascinating illustrated log, continued for thirty-five years and first published long before today’s resurgence of enthusiasm for fly-fishing, is a unique addition to the literature.  Exquisite sketches---many in full color---of fish, lures, birds and other wildlife, and of her dogs, add charm and immediacy to her reports of fishing expeditions, her insights and poetry, and her observations about the countryside she loved. 

Muriel Foster, whose pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, was a lifelong artist, naturalist, and fisherwoman in Scotland and in Cambridgeshire and Wiltshire, England.

Scene of Dundonnell, Scotland

Trout illustration with year's fishing totals, 1928

Illustration of Muriel's dog, Luna 

Illustration of two trout

Literary device and illustration of Dundonnell at sunset