Flyfishers' Club, Angling organization in Brook Street, London, England
The Flyfishers' Club is a private members' club for fly fishing enthusiasts on Brook Street in Mayfair, London, sharing its building with the Savile Club. Members have access to a library, a small museum, regular lectures, and fishing trips arranged through a network of partner locations.
The club was founded in 1884 with around 300 members, and by its centenary it had grown to roughly 800 or 900. That growth mirrors the rise of fly fishing as a fashionable pastime among wealthy circles in Victorian and Edwardian England.
The club holds a library of around 3,000 books on fly fishing, including signed copies from well-known authors and former members. Browsing these shelves gives a sense of how seriously this pastime has been taken over generations.
The club is open to members only, so any visit needs to be arranged beforehand. Those wishing to join can apply through a formal process, and a recommendation from an existing member is generally expected.
The club's museum holds a fishing rod once owned by the actor David Garrick, alongside a rod case that was displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851. These objects show that fly fishing was already part of fashionable life in London well before the club itself was founded.
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