Joan Salvato Wulff also known as the First Lady of Fly Fishing, has been casting since she was a school girl in 1937. She was National Casting Champion from 1943-1960 in distance casting against an all-male competition; she made a record cast of 161 feet. After she married Lee Wulff they started the Wulff School of Fly Fishing together and it has been running ever since 1979.