A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.Our show this week is the story of what may be the greatest feather robbery of all time, a million dollars in rare birds, stolen from a British museum.
Victorian salmon flies are tied according to recipes that are up to 150 years old and call for some of the rarest feathers in the world. The community of people devoted to tying these kinds of flies doesn’t fish with them—they’re just for show. Many try to use feathers from the same species listed in the classic manuals. But because so many birds have been killed for so many reasons over the years, a lot of the most coveted species are now endangered or protected. Below are some photos of salmon flies—the Durham Ranger, the Jock Scott, and the Sherbrook—and some of the birds referenced in the recipes used to make them.
What an incredible story. Have to give props to the robber for having an idea to steal birds from the British Museum. I'd never even think to do that in a million years. haha
The Great Feather Heist
Posted - 08/19/2018 : 18:03:14
