Sheridan Andreas Mulholland Anderson (September 18, 1936 — March 31, 1984) was an American outdoorsman,

fly fisherman Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly diffe ...

, author, and illustrator. Born near Los Angeles, Anderson moved with his parents and younger brother to

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, where he attended the University of Utah and studied art. He dropped out and became involved in the

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community, writing and drawing for various climbing publications and co-authoring books on the subject with Royal Robbins. In the 1980s Anderson lived in San Francisco and made ends meet as a sign painter. He mixed his sign-making with his incredible wit and humor. Anderson's most enduring reputation is for ''The Curtis Creek Manifesto'', a 48-page illustrated guide to fly fishing named for a creek of the Blacksmith Fork River in Utah. Originally published in 1976 by Salmon Trout Steelheader, and later by Amato Publications. This is Amato's best seller with roughly one million copies sold since its publication in 1978. Yvon Chouinard, a fellow outdoorsman who founded the Patagonia outdoor clothing company, called it "probably the best beginner's treatise on how to fly-fish." In 1980, Anderson wrote and illustrated ''Baron Von Mabel's Backpacking'', a humorous guide for beginning backpackers. It was translated into German, and republished in 1993.Sheridan Anderson, ''Baron Von Mabel's Backpacking'', Menasha Ridge Press, San Francisco, 1993.

References

* Reynolds, Christopher.
Trout savant in a big black cape
. ''Los Angeles Times'', April 20, 2004. * Spence, Evelyn.
Master of the Manifesto
. ''MidCurrent'' (fly fishing newsletter), 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Sheridan 1936 births 1984 deaths University of Utah alumni Angling writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers Sportswriters from Utah