Ted Trueblood, American outdoorsman, writer, and conservationist, was born June 26, 1913 in Boise, Idaho. He was raised on a farm near Homedale, and spent his entire youth and college years in Idaho. His first article, about Idaho trout, was sold to a national magazine the same year he graduated from high school.
          Trueblood married Ellen Michaelson at the age of 26. While trying to make a living selling freelance articles, he went to work for the Idaho Fish and Game Department. One year later he was offered a position as fishing editor at Field & Stream, and he packed up his family and moved to New York City. Although he later moved back to Idaho, Trueblood continued to write for Field & Stream for the rest of his life, as well as several other magazines. Click here for a more complete biography.

 

The following photos are from the Ted Trueblood Collection at Boise State University’s Albertsons Library. Captions are excerpted from an article written by Trueblood for True’s Fishing Yearbook in 1950.