George M.L. Labranche

With the introduction of the European Brown Trout to American waters, George LaBranche is credited as the first American angler to master the art of dry fly fishing to catch these magnificent game fish.  His research and analysis of the requirement of fast water fishing led him to invent the decoy method of floating a fly many times over a fish’s lie, thus creating an artificial hatch.  His book, The Dry Fly in Fast Water, remains a classic today for the true trout fly fisherman.