Frederic Michael Halford, "The Father of Modern Dry Fly Fishing", was a British angler and fly fishing author. He was born Frederic Michael Hyam into a wealthy Jewish family of German ancestry, but the entire family changed their name to Halford in 1875.Frederic Michael Halford, "The Father of Modern Dry Fly Fishing", was a British angler and fly fishing author. He was born Frederic Michael Hyam into a wealthy Jewish family of German ancestry, but the entire family changed their name to Halford in 1875....more