I admit I hadn’t heard of him before today. Thank you for enlightening me. I do love the history of the fly.

Thank you for doing the research and sharing his life with us.

Thank you, i have dedicated my fly tying to north country dressings, a fascinating history, im dedicated to learning everything available on the north country style dressings, thank you mr smith for continuing to provide beautiful videos, i pray for another book by you …thank you ,David

A remarkable life, spanning major events

Wow! Thank you. So interesting to read of those who came before.

Brilliant video, love this!

Fascinating account of a very interesting full life; thank you for posting this.

Thank you ever so much Robert, for sharing this information, thoroughly enjoy all of your
videos. I have spent the last 40 years  fishing all of the Yorkshire rivers, I`m surprised I haven`t bumped into you?!