A Remarkable Life
Lee Wulff is without question the most talented and multi-faceted outdoorsman of the 20th Century. He progressed from earning an engineering degree at Stanford before moving to Paris to begin a career in the fine arts, painting and design.
Later, his prodigious talents earned him world renown for writing articles and books, becoming a respected filmmaker, performing as a popular TV host, flying and exploring, inventing and even, today, is still famous for introducing and popularizing vital conservation practices around the globe.
Lee showing off his new plane, a J-3 Piper Cub with a 65 HP engine and two EDO floats for landing and taking off from water. In 1947, Piper actually gave Lee this plane as a trade-off for his making a promotional film for the company. The film aptly displayed how small planes could fly into any wilderness and land on almost any decent-sized lake.
Lee introduced the idea of, and strong argument for, catch-and-release fishing. In 1939, in one of his books he wrote, “A game fish is too valuable to be caught only once. …The fish you release is your gift to another angler, as it may have been another angler’s gift to you.”
Lee hosting and narrating the film “Wings For An Angler.” In the film, he shows himself learning to fly and then we see him flying from his home in New York state to Newfoundland and Labrador. There he lands on many lakes, steps out and fishes pristine water.
In addition to producing, directing, writing and often narrating more than 80 films, Lee lectured around the globe and also wrote a number of best-selling books.
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The life achievements of artist, writer, pilot, explorer, inventor, filmmaker and TV Host Lee Wulff.