Admission Info

(Cash only at the gate)
Regardless of the weather, the show will go on!

Adult

One-Day Pass: $20
Two-Day Pass: $35

Children

5 & Under: Free
6-12: $5 

MILITARY/SCOUTS

Scouts under 16 in uniform: free
Military with ID: $10

Lancaster Show Info

Dates: March 2 & 3, 2024

Time
Saturday: 9am – 5:30pm
Sunday: 9am – 4:30pm

Location: Lancaster County Convention Center,
25 South Queen St.
Lancaster, PA 17602

BACK AGAIN:The International Fly Fishing Film Festival. One night only, Saturday, March 2 at 6:00pm. $15; $10 in advance.

Learning Center

Fly Fishers International (FFI) is pleased to offer FREE fly fishing instruction at the Learning Center located on the main show floor.  Basic fly-casting, fly-tying, and knots, will be taught throughout the day-every day of the Fly Fishing Show.

Directions and Lodging

Lancaster County Convention Center

3 East Vine Street
Lancaster, PA 17602

Directions

DIRECTIONS – From Highway 30, take the Fruitville Pike 
exit and follow directions for “Historic Lancaster.”
  Fruitville Pike will become N Prince St. Proceed south on N Prince St to King St; left on King St.

BY AIR – Harrisburg International Airport located 26 miles from the Lancaster County Convention Center. Please visit this website for information regarding ground transportation.

Shuttle – Personal Touch Transportation 717-283-7490 www.wewilldriveyou.com

PARKING – Park in the Lancaster Parking Authority lots and we will give you a discount coupon when you arrive and buy your show ticket.  See the garage locations on their map at http://www.lancasterparkingauthority.com

 

Accommodations:

Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
25 South Queen St | Lancaster, PA 17603
T: 717-239-1600 or 1-888-850-6146  Request the Fly Fishing Show rate if you call.
Book your group rate for 2024 Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Show – SINGLE for $162 USD
Book your group rate for 2024 Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Show – DOUBLE for $174 USD

Official Fly Fishing Show information to book your hotel will be extended from info@flyfishingshow.com and/or posted on The Fly Fishing Show website, www.flyfishingshow.com when it becomes available. Please use only the phone numbers and website links the Show provides. Please be advised other “hotel booking scalpers” are misrepresenting themselves calling customers. Please do not book through these scalpers to avoid problems or overpayment. Thank you and look for additional information to follow soon.

 

Celebrities and Authors

Celebrities and Authors: 

Thomas E. Baltz: A New Mexico native, Tom Baltz has been a fly tier for over 46 years, the last 32 spent among the legendary tiers and anglers of the limestone valleys of south-central Pennsylvania, near Carlisle. Tom is the only four time Pennsylvania State Fly Tying Champion and his flies have appeared in Field & Stream, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Art of Angling Journal, Eastern Fly Fishing, and American Angler magazines, the Orvis catalog (I.C.S.I Midge, MuddBugger, Hatching Nymph and Beetlenat) and the recently published book “Guide Flies”. He is a regular contributor to the Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide and appears at fly-fishing shows around the country. Tom ties for several fly shops and discriminating anglers coast to coast. His trout and Salmon flies are in the collections of the Pennsylvania State Museum (Jack Eschenmann collection), the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and private collectors from Europe, across the U.S., to Asia. A full time fly-fishing professional since 1974 and one of Pennsylvania’s first licensed fishing guides, Tom is an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide who was named North East Trout Guide of the Year (2001) by Orvis. Tom is a member of the Regal Engineering (Regal Vise) Pro Staff. He and his wife Eileen live outside Boiling Springs, PA, very near Mountain Creek, the Letort, and the lovely Yellow Breeches Creek.

Frank Burr:  Frank learned Tenkara fishing in Japan in 1970 at the age of 6, followed by Fly Fishing and Fly tying the following year. A native of Southern California, Frank fly fishes throughout the United States, always looking for the elusive Heritage Trout. Although Trout is his favorite species, Frank will fly fish for any species just to get in a day of fishing, like Tilapia, Peacock Bass and native Goby in Hawaii. Frank has worked in the fly fishing industry for the past 11 years for Orvis and now for Snowbee USA, assisting in the design of Ultralight Fly Rods and other products in the Snowbee line. Frank is also a Traditional Fly Fishing and Tenkara instructor and Guide specializing in Golden Trout and other Heritage Trout species in California. Frank speaks and instructs at the Fly Fishing Show and other related events, clubs and shows in the USA on a variety of fly fishing related subjects and volunteers as many days as possible each year teaching youth fly fishing programs. He has been the Trout in the Classroom coordinator for the Pasadena Casting Club and currently the TIC Director for the Southwest Council of Fly Fishers International. You can find more information about Frank at: goldentroutdude.com, oasisflyshop.com and tenkaraguidecalifornia.com

Tim Cammisa:  Tim Cammisa has been addicted to fly fishing and tying for about as long as anyone can remember. From guiding on the Delaware River to fooling technical fish on the Missouri River, Tim has spent years chasing fish all around the world! He is one of the new generations of fly fishers who have taken to social media to promote and teach the sport,
starring in over 300 YouTube videos with 4 million video views. Tim’s goal is simple: Help others tie better flies and catch more fish. This includes giving presentations to clubs around the country, headlining fly fishing events, and teaching through his website: http://www.troutandfeather.com/ In 2021, Tim’s first fly tying book was released, Fly Tying for Everyone, another avenue to help others improve at the sport we all love.
The teaching comes naturally, as Tim is a 6th grade elementary school teacher. His family got hooked on fly fishing, too. Heather, his wife, loves to chase wild brown trout, plus their children join in on the fun. You will find Tim and his family exploring waters in central Pennsylvania when he’s not busy creating patterns behind the vise. Follow Tim Cammisa on all of the social media platforms, and improve your fly fishing through the tips at: www.troutandfeather.com

George Daniel:  George Daniel: George has been chasing anything that swims with his fly rod since age 6 and still has the same passion 37 years later. George has competed at a high level for Fly Fishing Team USA, earning individual back to back US National Fly Fishing Championship titles and ranked as high as 5th in the World. George has also served as captain for Fly Fishing Team USA and Coach for the US Youth Fly Fishing Team. He has competed and won other regional and national fly fishing competitions over the years. At age 30, George decided to give up competitive fly fishing and focus on what he enjoys most-teaching.  George Daniel considers himself a teacher first and a fly fisher second. He has authored three best selling fly fishing books and has authored dozens of articles for national fly fishing publications, including Fly Fisherman Magazine. He continues to travel the county conducting lessons and workshops for private groups, corporations, and conservation organizations.  He’s a brand ambassador for a number of fly fishing companies. He is currently the Director of the Joe Humphreys Fly Fishing Program at the Pennsylvania State University. George currently lives on an old farm homestead with his wife, two children, and boykin spaniel.

John Field:  John Field is a writer, photographer, and FFI (Fly Fishers International) Master Casting Instructor. He has decades of experience fly fishing in fresh and salt waters in North and South American and Europe. He has written for Fly Fisherman, In-Fisherman, North American Fisherman, Chevy Outdoors, and Canadian Sportfishing. John is a popular presenter and casting demonstrator at fly-fishing shows and clubs. FFI awarded him the Jay Gammel Award for Fly Casting Instruction in 2019. John has served as president of the American Casting Association and president of the New York Chapter of Trout Unlimited and is the author of Fly-Casting Finesse and ACA’s Beginner’s Guide to Fly Casting. His latest book to be released this summer is titled, Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass. He lives in Weston, Connecticut and his website is Fieldflyfishing.com.

Tim Flagler: Tim Flagler is the owner of Tightline Productions, L.L.C., a video production company located in Califon, NJ. Although he produces video programs over a wide range of topics, his specialty is fly fishing. Tim is a well-known fly tying instructor. His YouTube videos are some of the best in the business and his YouTube channel, practicalpatterns.com currently has over 106,000 subscribers and 33 million views. Almost every week he produces a new fly tying or “how to” video which appear not only on his YouTube channel but on Midcurrent and the Orvis News fly fishing blog as well. They’re also featured on Trout Unlimited’s national website and in the Orvis Learning Center. In addition, he has a regular column “Beginner’s Masterclass with Tim Flagler” in Fly Tyer magazine, which selected Tim as their “Fly Tyer of the Year” in their Winter 2022 issue. Many of Tim’s tying videos take the viewer well beyond just the tying of the fly and show what it looks like underwater, what natural it represents and how it can be fished.

Tim’s a fixture at the Fly Fishing Shows – giving presentations, teaching classes and often as a Featured Tier. He enjoys guiding year round for Shannon’s Fly & Tackle in Califon, NJ. and hosts annual trips to Patagonia in the spring and to the Kootenai River in MT in the summer. He’ll be hosting trips to Iceland starting in the fall of 2023.

Rob Giannino:  Rob Giannino is the Founder of Fly Fishing Journeys, an online fly fishing magazine, podcasting, and curated travel company.  He is a speaker, writer, photographer, and videographer. Rob lives in Greater Boston and serves as a guest speaker at fly fishing shows, Trout Unlimited chapters, and other outdoor events. Rob owns a Digital Media Agency helping businesses around the world promote their services online. He combined his joy for helping businesses in the digital space with his passion for fly fishing and created FlyFishingJourneys.com. Bringing fly fisherman together and sharing the love for the sport, both on the water and online fulfills a lifelong dream.

Michael Heck:  Mike has been fly fishing the beloved Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania streams since boyhood. He was blessed to have been able to learn the art of fly fishing on some of the hardest and most famous spring creeks in the country. He has been doing so for over thirty years.
Mike is a graduate of Penn State University where he acquired his degree in Forestry. This degree has allowed him to become more knowledgeable about the delicate balance between foliage, insect and stream interaction, which has in turn enabled him to become a superior fly fisherman and trout guide.
Mike is the author of, “Spring Creek Strategies”, Co-Author of “Tying Dry Flies” and “Keystone Fly Fishing”. He has also had articles published in Fly Fisherman, American Angler and Fish and Fly magazines. Mike has appeared in the TV show, “Road Trip USA”, a Discovery channel show that aired across Europe.
Mike is also an innovative fly tier with several patterns credited to his name. His signature fly patterns are famous and used worldwide by all types of fly fishermen. All of these fly patterns are available through his website www.fallingsprings.com. Mike offers guiding for the Falling Springs, Big Spring, Letort, Yellow Breeches and so many other great trout streams in South Central Pennsylvania. Mike is the head trout guide for Precision Fly in Tackle based in Mt. Holly & Lancaster, PA & Beaver Creek, MD.

Joseph B. Humphreys: Joseph Humphreys is a nationally known fly fisherman, conservationist, author, and educator. He has been a fishing instructor to anyone who wants to learn the sport, including VIPs, for over 45 years. Joe has traveled the world representing the U.S. in fly fishing competitions, has guided presidents & celebrities, held the Pennsylvania state record, hosted the first national fly fishing show on ESPN, and was inducted into the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame.
Joe is also a published author of numerous books and articles on the sport of fly fishing, including: Trout Tactics, Trout Tactics Revised, and On the Trout Stream. In addition to these major and well-respected works, he is a regular contributor to regional and national journals and periodicals. Along with his writing, he has also produced and starred in several highly successful videos including, “A Casting Approach to Nymphing Tactics”, “A Casting Approach to Dryfly Tactics in the Brush”, “A Casting Approach to Flyfishing to Catch Fish, Not Just to Cast”, “The Dryfly and the Top Water Game”, and the Telly Award winner for Best Video, “The Night Game”.
As one of the foremost educators in angling, Joe Humphreys directed the renowned angling program at the Pennsylvania State University for nineteen years, providing introductions and foundations to young and old for a life-long enjoyment of the sport. He has lectured throughout the United States enhancing the reputation of Pennsylvania fishing.
Joe’s passions also include working with local and national organizations to improve stream quality. He’s proud that his students have become the advocacy base to sustain Pennsylvania waters and believes that teaching youth to fly fish, including the U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Team, is pertinent for further protection of and respect for the environment.
Joe also dedicates his time to honoring our Veterans through his support of Project Healing Waters and strongly believes in the healing properties of streams.
A documentary titled, “Live the Stream” was recently released about Joe’s life on and off the stream. The trailer and more information can be found at: www.livethestreamfilm.com

Bob Mallard:  Bob Mallard is a blogger, writer, author, fly designer, native fish advocate, and former fly shop owner. He is the former publisher for Fly Fish America magazine, a columnist with Northwoods Sporting Journal, regular contributor to MidCurrent and Bangor Daily News, staff fly designer for Catch Fly Fishing, and Executive Director for Native Fish Coalition. His writing, photographs, and flies have been featured at the local, regional, and national level in Outdoor Life, Fly Fisherman, Fly Fish America, Fly Rod & Reel, American Angler, American Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing & Tying Journal, Fly Tyer, Angling Trade, Eastern Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing New England, Southern Trout, Tenkara Angler, The Maine Sportsman, Northwoods Sporting Journal, and Orvis News. Look for his books 50 Best Places Fly Fishing the Northeast, 25 Best Towns Fly Fishing for Trout, Squaretail: The Definitive Guide to Brook Trout and Where to Find Them, Favorite Flies for Maine: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts, and Fly Fishing Maine: Local Experts on the State’s Best Waters. He lives in Skowhegan, Maine.

Landon Mayer:  Landon Mayer is owner an operator of Landon Mayer Fly Fishing. His angling success is fueled by an addiction to pursuing large trout with small flies and lightweight fly-fishing equipment. Mayer enthusiastically teaches and demonstrates his techniques and on-river knowledge to fellow anglers and has developed innovative strategies for sighting, hooking, and landing selective trout. He shares these tips and secrets in his books The Hunt for Giant Trout: 25 Top Locations in the US to Catch a Trophy (new for 2019), Trout Tips: A Guide’s Secrets, Tactics and Techniques, Colorado’s Best Fly Fishing, Sight Fishing for Trout, and How to Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life, in addition to his new film with Headwater Media: Mastering the Short Game.
Landon’s passion for fly-fishing has allowed him to make several noteworthy contributions to the sport on and off the water. This has included travels to fly-fishing related organizations of the Mid-Atlantic, West, Pacific Northwest, Southwest, and Southern states, as well Landon will be sharing his teaching through fly-fishing classes, presentations, and demonstrations of his unique techniques at this year’s Marlborough, Denver, California, New Jersey, and Atlanta Fly Fishing Shows
Mayer has been guiding in Colorado full time on the South Platte River for the last 23 years, and one full season on the Nak Nek River in AK. He resides in Florissant, Colorado.

Josh Miller: Josh Miller is a member of Fly Fishing Team USA and has worked as an assistant coach, and instructor, with Team USA Youth in 2 World Championships. He is also a Pennsylvania Fishing Guide. Josh is an Orvis Signature Designer and currently has some patterns commissioned through them. He enjoys teaching fly tying and giving educational talks. Josh currently lives in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His childhood consisted of blue-lining in north central Pa until he discovered the rich limestone streams of central Pa. His passion has now taken him fishing in 3 hemispheres.

Eric Naguski:  Eric Naguski has spent the last 40 years chasing trout around Pennsylvania with a fly rod in hand. He is the owner of Riseforms Fly Fishing guide service and also a guide for Relentless Fly Fishing and TCO Fly Shop. He is the author of “Favorite Flies For Pennsylvania”(Stackpole Books) and has his work published in Fly Fisherman Magazine as well as Hallowed Water Journal. Eric currently lives and guides out of Boiling Springs, PA in the heart of the Cumberland Valley, surrounded by its legendary spring creeks and their notoriously difficult trout. Eric has a biology degree in aquatic ecology and aquatic entomology. He is heavily involved in conservation activities in the Cumberland Valley as a board member of Cumberland Valley TU. He also finds the time to serve on the board of the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association working to preserve and promote the storied history of fly fishing in Pennsylvania. Eric enjoys fly fishing for anything that swims and has caught fish on the fly from various places all across North America, but his heart lies in the limestone streams of Pennsylvania.

Tim O’Neill: Some of my earliest childhood memories are of the outdoors. Growing up in northern Delaware my family lived the hunting and fishing lifestyle. I can vividly remember the first Deer I harvested at age 13. I often recall the night before Delaware’s opening day of Trout season in 1979, this was my first opening day. My brothers and I sat in front of the T.V. the night before with a block of processed cheese the size of a car battery. Diligently we would pinch off small bits and roll them into a ball the size of a pea. We made sure our rods, waders and vests were all up to par and ready to go. The next morning the three of us, along with my dad, were up early and on the river well before the sanctioned start time. At all of nine years old the Red Clay looked huge and the amount of people crowded in each hole was overwhelming. I caught one fish that morning (actually my dad caught it, I just reeled it in) a 10″ Rainbow Trout. I remember staring at the vivid colors of green, purple and silver and being in awe at the sight of “my” trophy. Something clicked inside me that cold April morning and now, over three decades later, I am still drawn to the beauty of all types of fish. A Machinist / CAD designer by trade, I have always worked “part time” in hunting and fishing related outdoor stores culminating in my managing Delaware’s only full service fly shop from 2009 to 2014. An accomplished Archer, Wing-shot, and Rifleman, my true passion has always been with the fly rod, a passion I hope to pass on. Thank you for visiting the site, I hope you enjoy it.

Mark Signorino: Mark is a Fly Fishers International Certified Casting Instructor and a licensed guide from Erie PA. He is involved with the Gem City Outdoorsmen Fly Tiers (they started and ran the Landowners Fruitbasket program for many years) and is a Director for the FFI charter club Keystone Fly Fishers based in Franklin PA. He has competed in several regional American Casting Association events, is a helper/instructor for Pa Fish & Boat Commission fly fishing seminars, teaches Fly Fishing 101 class at State Parks in Western Pennsylvania and is a volunteer with Project Healing Waters & The Mayfly Project. Mark is involved at the state level as a member of the Lake Erie Advisory Council. Their purpose is to present new projects, easements and land acquisitions that are funded through the monies generated from the Lake Erie Stamp fishing permit. His first article was published last year on midcurrent.com entitled “So you received a fly tying kit for Christmas – now what?” When not teaching, Mark is an avid steelhead, trout and bass fisherman.

Luong Tam:  Luong Tam, trained as a design engineer by trade and the founder of Tenkara Tanuki, is a tenkara rod designer and builder. Luong has been passionate about fly fishing since the ’90s and is a member of many fly casting clubs in California. For the last few years, he became hooked on tenkara and obsessed enough to start his company Tenkara Tanuki. He attends tenkara schools every year taught by Masami Sakakibara, a Japanese tenkara master who is a living legend. Luong has developed casting techniques and fly fishing methods that take advantage of simpler and more efficient tenkara rods. Over the years, He has been giving presentations, workshops, and on-water clinics all over the state.

Dianne Tidy:  Dianne considers herself lucky that some of the greatest fly fishers in the country were willing to share their love and knowledge of the sport with a female fly fisher more than 15 years ago. She remembers many days that she was the only female on the water! Their willingness to share is the reason that Dianne continues to mentor and encourage others to discover and enjoy the sport of fly fishing. Dianne has developed several fly fishing programs including a 2 hour Women’s Entry Level fly fishing course that provides sufficient instruction for any woman to fly fish confidently and self-sufficiently on the water their first day out. Dianne is the only woman to earn the IFFF Certified Casting Instructor designation within the contiguous states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey. She has volunteered or taught for Casting for Recovery, Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Trout Unlimited, International Federation of Fly Fishers, Coastal Conservation Association, International Women Fly Fishers and various other fly fishing clubs and shops.

Mike Valla:  A native of Binghamton, NY, Mike has been fly-fishing and tying trout flies for over 50 years. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University where he studied fisheries biology. After a short stint in Graduate School, where he studied paleobotany, he returned to Cornell where he was employed as a Research Support Specialist in the Plant Pathology and Entomology departments. He then changed careers and studied for four years at Georgetown University where he obtained a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.
Now retired from the Active Medical/Dental staff at Glens Falls Hospital in the Adirondacks of New York, where he practiced public health dentistry for indigent children. He has written numerous feature-length magazine articles for American Fly Fishing, Fly Fisherman, Fly Tyer and The American Fly Fisher. He has been an invited speaker locally, nationally and internationally. His presentations are focused on fly-fishing and fly-tying history. Mike is the 4th recipient of the prestigious Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award for his contributions to the art of fly tying.
Books:
Fly Fishing Guide to New York State NEW RELEASE (September 2023)
Favorite Flies for the Catskills (2020
Classic Streamer Fly Box. Stackpole Books (2020)
Tying and Fishing Bucktails and other Hairwings (2016)
Tying the Founding Flies (2015) S
The Founding Flies, 43 American Masters, Their Patterns and Influences (2013) The Classic Wet-Fly Box (2012).
The Classic Dry Fly Box (2010
Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies (2009)

Jake Villwock:  Jake Villwock has been an industry professional for over 14 years. Growing up in a commercial fishing family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, fishing has been part of his life from day one – so it should come as no surprise that he has chosen a career in the fishing industry.
After graduating from High Point University with a business degree, Jake worked as a deck hand and fly fishing guide in Sitka, Alaska. He spent the winters dog sledding in both Fairbanks, AK and Deep Creek, MD. Moving back to the east coast in 2009, Jake worked for TCO Fly Shop at the Reading, PA, and Bryn Mawr, PA locations. Jake has helped open and manage their newest location in Boiling Springs, PA. After 8 years as a full-time retail manager with TCO, Jake decided to start his own business. Relentless Fly Fishing, which will serve as a contract guide service for three of TCO Fly Shop’s locations.
Jake guides in PA and NY for trout, smallmouth, and steelhead. He has a true passion for warmwater, it is hard to find him anywhere but a smallmouth river from early spring to late fall. When he is not rowing a boat, he is most likely crawling around a local spring creek chasing picky wild fish.
In addition to guiding, Jake is the author of “Smallmouth Bass Flies Top to Bottom”, Fulling Mills Signature tier, blog-writer, contributor to Fly Fisherman magazine, and Eastern Fly Fishing magazine, and serves on various pro-staffs of leading industry companies such as Hatch Reels, Scientific Anglers, Simms Fishing, Clacka Craft Drift Boats, Scott Fly Rods, and Regal Vise. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Dusty Wissmath:  Dusty grew up in Missouri, started fly fishing when he was eight years old, and spent his formative years highly distracted by the sport. He began guiding and teaching fly fishing in the early seventies while working on a degree in Wildlife Biology at the University of Wyoming. Living in Jackson after dropping out of law school, he tied commercially for High Country Flies and guided the Snake, Green and New Fork Rivers and in Yellowstone National Park.  In 1996 he founded the Dusty Wissmath Fly Fishing School & Guide Service in the hills near Mercersburg, PA where it quickly earned a reputation as a professional, yet easygoing fly fishing school. As well as directing his own school, he is an instructor at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing and served as the lead instructor at L.L. Bean’s Fly Fishing School in Virginia. He guides in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Montana and hosts trips to fly fishing destinations worldwide. Dusty is a Simms Guide Ambassador and a Pro Staff member of Scott Fly Rods, Hatch Reels, Hyde Drift Boats, ARC Fishing and a royalty tier for Holly Flies. His writing and photography can been found in several fly fishing publications. For additional information about his services please visit his website at: www.dwflyfishing.com

 

Authors:

Beau Beasley:
Healing Waters: Veterans’ Stores of Recovery in Their Own Words(new release)
Fly Fishing Virginia
Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic

Tim Cammisa:
FLY TYING FOR EVERYONE

Rick Crecraft:
THE MONARCH OF TALL PINES POOL: AN ADIRONDACK ADVENTURE

George Daniel:
FLY FISHING EVOLUTION: ADVANCED STRATEGIES FOR DRY FLY, NYMPH, AND STREAMER FISHING (new release)
NYMPH FISHING NEW ANGLES, TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES
DYNAMIC NYMPHING
STRIP-SET: FLY-FISHING TECHNIQUES, TACTICS, AND PATTERNS FOR STREAMERS

John Field:
HOW TO CATCH TROPHY STRIPED BASS(new release)
ACA’S BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FLY CASTING
FLY-CASTING FINESSE: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO IMPROVING ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR CASTING

Mike Heck:
SPRING CREEK STRATEGIES: HATCHES, PATTERNS, AND TECHNIQUES
TYING DRY FLIES: HOW TO TIE AND FISH MUST-HAVE TROUT PATTERNS

Joe Humphreys:
TROUT TACTICS
TROUT TACTICS REVISED
ON THE TROUT STREAM
A CASTING APPROACH TO NYMPHING TACTICS (DVD)
A CASTING APPROACH TO DRYFLY TACTICS IN THE BRUSH (DVD)
A CASTING APPROACH TO FLYFISHING TO CATCH FISH, NOT JUST TO CAST (DVD)
THE DRYFLY AND THE TOP WATER GAME (DVD)
THE NIGHT GAME (DVD)

Scott Lowe:
THE MEND

Landon Mayer:
LANDON MAYER’S GUIDE FLIES (new release)
HUNT FOR GIANT TROUT
COLORADO’S BEST FLY FISHING: FLIES, ACCESS, AND GUIDES’ ADVICE FOR THE STATE’S PREMIER RIVERS
HOW TO CATCH THE BIGGEST TROUT OF YOUR LIFE
SIGHT FISHING FOR TROUT
101 TROUT TIPS: A GUIDE’S SECRETS, TACTICS, AND TECHNIQUES

Josh Miller:
EURO NYMPHING TACTICS AND RIGS

Jim Mize:
A CREEK TRICKLES THROUGH IT
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCOUNT TENT

Eric Naguski:
FAVORITE FLIES FOR PENNSYLVANIA: 50 ESSENTIAL PATTERNS FROM LOCAL EXPERTS

Christian Shane:
SALMON SURVIVOR

Mike Valla:
FF GUIDE TO NEW YORK STATE (new release)
TYING CATSKILL-STYLE DRY FLIES
FAVORITE FLIES FOR THE CATSKILLS
THE FOUNDING FLIES: 43 AMERICAN MASTERS, THEIR PATTERNS, AND INFLUENCES
TYING THE FOUNDING FLIES
TYING AND FISHING BUCKTAILS
CLASSIC STREAMER FLY BOX
THE CLASSIC DRY FLY BOX
THE CLASSIC WET FLY BOX

Jake Villwock:
SMALLMOUTH BASS FLIES TOP TO BOTTOM

David Zielinski:
CICADA MADNESS: TIMING, FISHING & PATTERNS FOR A SUPER HATCH

Fly Tiers

Dave Allbaugh: Dave was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is a professional, licensed Pennsylvania guide, wet fly tier, and owner of Wet Fly Waterguides. He has been fly fishing since the early 1970’s, and has concentrated his efforts at the famed waters of Central and North Central Pennsylvania, specifically streams like; Spring Creek, Penn’s Creek, Little Juniata, Kettle Creek, and Big Pine Creek. Dave specializes in the classic art of wet fly fishing. His mission is to educate new and seasoned fly fishermen about the largely forgotten art of wet fly fishing, and to show exactly how productive wet flies can be throughout the year. Over the past 30 years, Dave has spent countless hours on the stream and at the vice, perfecting and designing highly effective wet fly patterns and customized wet fly leaders. His unique guide service is one of a very few in the country that focuses on fishing with wet flies throughout the year. Dave takes great pride in teaching his clients that this lost art of fly fishing is as effective today as in the past. He has given numerous seminars and demonstrations on wet fly fishing to local TU chapters, FFF clubs, Boy Scout troops, H.S.fly fishing clubs, and fly fishing shows. You can reach Wet Fly Wateguides at www.wetflywaterguides.com or wetflywg@gmail.com

Matt Bailey: I am an avid fly fisherman and fly tyer from the New Hampshire. As far back as I can remember, I have loved fishing and the outdoors. My grandfather got me into fishing at a young age and I’ve been obsessed ever since. I am lucky enough to live in New England where I have access to beautiful freshwater and saltwater fisheries. Recently, I have become completely addicted to fishing for Striped Bass in the salt, as well as tying flies for the occasion, with strong influence from Bob Popovics. I honestly feel like I enjoy tying as much as I enjoy fishing at this point, just in different ways.

Thomas E. Baltz: A New Mexico native, Tom Baltz has been a fly tier for over 46 years, the last 32 spent among the legendary tiers and anglers of the limestone valleys of south-central Pennsylvania, near Carlisle. Tom is the only four time Pennsylvania State Fly Tying Champion and his flies have appeared in Field & Stream, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Art of Angling Journal, Eastern Fly Fishing, and American Angler magazines, the Orvis catalog (I.C.S.I Midge, MuddBugger, Hatching Nymph and Beetlenat) and the recently published book “Guide Flies”. He is a regular contributor to the Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide and appears at fly-fishing shows around the country. Tom ties for several fly shops and discriminating anglers coast to coast. His trout and Salmon flies are in the collections of the Pennsylvania State Museum (Jack Eschenmann collection), the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and private collectors from Europe, across the U.S., to Asia. A full time fly-fishing professional since 1974 and one of Pennsylvania’s first licensed fishing guides, Tom is an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide who was named North East Trout Guide of the Year (2001) by Orvis. Tom is a member of the Regal Engineering (Regal Vise) Pro Staff. He and his wife Eileen live outside Boiling Springs, PA, very near Mountain Creek, the Letort, and the lovely Yellow Breeches Creek

Tim “Shorty” Bartholomew: Shorty lives in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and has been prowling historic Brodhead Creek for over 50 years, the last 25 with a fly rod in hand. It was not long after picking up the long rod that he began tying his own flies discovering, much to his surprise, that the activity was not a way of saving money. Undeterred, he pushed on and fell in love with the time spent at the vise. He ties primarily trout flies but also dabbles in bass and panfish flies when the spirit moves him. Shorty is a member of Brodhead TU Chapter 289 and is the lead instructor for their Winter Fly Tying class. He is also a member of the Catskill Fly Tier’s Guild and can be found demonstrating his craft at various events around the Northeast. Most recently he launched his YouTube channel, “Shorty On The Fly”, with which he has enjoyed great success in a relatively short period of time. The channel features not only tying instructions, but also a series of videos involving tips and tricks designed to make everyone’s fishing and tying experience more enjoyable. Shorty looks forward to continuing to share his love of tying both in person and on his channel for the foreseeable future.

Thomas Barton: I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I have been fly tying and fly fishing as long as I can remember. My father was an avid fly fisherman and I could tie flies before I could read. I grew up in western PA between Johnstown and Altoona so there was and endless supply of trout streams to explore. I also fished Erie, Ohio and New York chasing Steelhead, Browns and Salmon on the tribs of the great lakes after one of these trips a few years ago that my Knotty Egg pattern was developed. I wanted an effective but simple egg pattern and that is exactly what the Knotty Egg is. After perfecting the pattern I started fishing them and giving them out to as many fishermen as I could. The results have been nothing short of amazing. I have had so much positive response and feedback that I started selling my flies and “Knots” via the web, at shows and through various fly shops. I look forward to demonstrating my pattern at the show, that is if you have 45 seconds of time to spare!

David Benoit: My father introduced me to fly-fishing at a very young age. I spent most of my youth fishing for brook trout in a stream near where I grew up in Upton, MA, with trips to Rangeley, Maine each year on family vacation. Military service and the Vietnam War interrupted my fly-fishing and it wasn’t till I moved to Southern New Hampshire in 1979 that I got reacquainted with the sport. I have fished numerous rivers, lakes and ponds in the 5 New England states, the New York Catskill rivers and the Canadian Maritimes, have been an FFF now FFI Master Certified Casting Instructor since 2002.I completed Sweetwater Travel’s Montana Guide School in 2004. Participated for many years as a New Hampshire “Let’s Go Fishing and Becoming an Outdoors Woman” Programs volunteer instructor.
In 2012, retired and spend the summer months, May to Mid October in West Yellowstone, Montana working part time in Bob Jacklin’s Fly Shop, fishing the rivers lakes and ponds in Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas.

David “Uptown Dave” Buduen: My name is David Buduén and I live in NYC. I’ve been flyfishing and flytying for over 35 years. I love flytying because you can take new and old materials put them together to create a pattern. I’m a father of 2 kids which I love teaching them how to fly ty. In my free time if I’m not flyfishing I’m flytying. I have the best of both worlds in fishing freshwater or saltwater. Tight Lines David Buduen.

Brad Buzzi: Brad has been tying flies commercially since 2004 and is the owner of BuzFly and the current President of The Atlantic Saltwater Flyrodders. He specializes in saltwater flies for the Northeast and East Central Coast of Florida targeting primarily Stripped Bass, Bluefish, Weakfish/Sea Trout, Albacore, Snook, Redfish, Cobia and Jack Crevalle to name a few. He grew up fishing the Jersey Shore from Sandy Hook to Island Beach State park cutting his teeth on Snappers and Fluke when he was a very young boy leaning how to fish. As he grew older, he started to fish for Stripped Bass, Bluefish, Weakfish and Albacore. In the mid 80’s his fishing expanded to fishing the East Coast of Florida, especially around Melbourne and Stuart. It was during this time he discovered Snook and never looked back. This year Brad will be Air Brushing and tying Popper along with tying flies with Light Cured Acrylics and Articulated Flies. Come check out his world class Bucktails that he processes and dies.

Louis DiGena: Lou is on the Regal Pro-Staff fly tier and the Solarez and Ewing teams with 35-plus years of experience fly tying. Lou committed to designing patterns with the K.I.S.S. rule (Keep It Simple Stupid). He primarily targets trout, smallmouth, bluegill, and toothy predators throughout the United States.
His home waters are in the northeast, where he prefers fishing for Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, and Pickerel. He enjoys tying traditional patterns and creating new flies like C.E. Crayfish (Close Enough), Tiger Baetis, and Lou’s stonefly creeper, deadly on trout and smallmouth.

Tim Flagler: Tim is the owner of Tightline Productions, L.L.C., a video production company located in Califon, NJ. Although he produces video programs over a wide range of topics, his specialty is fly fishing. Tim is a well-known fly tying instructor. His YouTube videos are some of the best in the business and his YouTube channel, practicalpatterns.com currently has over 106,000 subscribers and 33 million views. Almost every week he produces a new fly tying or “how to” video which appear not only on his YouTube channel but on Midcurrent and the Orvis News fly fishing blog as well. They’re also featured on Trout Unlimited’s national website and in the Orvis Learning Center. In addition, he has a regular column “Beginner’s Masterclass with Tim Flagler” in Fly Tyer magazine, which selected Tim as their “Fly Tyer of the Year” in their Winter 2022 issue. Many of Tim’s tying videos take the viewer well beyond just the tying of the fly and show what it looks like underwater, what natural it represents and how it can be fished.
Tim’s a fixture at the Fly Fishing Shows – giving presentations, teaching classes and often as a Featured Tier. He enjoys guiding year round for Shannon’s Fly & Tackle in Califon, NJ. and hosts annual trips to Patagonia in the spring and to the Kootenai River in MT in the summer. He’ll be hosting trips to Iceland starting in the fall of 2023.

Dominick Greico: Dominick has been trout fishing and fly tying for most of his life. A lifelong resident of Upstate New York, he has spent much of his free time exploring the vast Adirondack Park and the endless trout streams the State has to offer. His passion for fly fishing often leads him to the State of Montana in the summer to fish his favorite rivers and mountain lakes. He was fortunate to learn the art of fly tying many years ago from some of the most seasoned outdoorsman in the area. Dominick pays homage to his mentors by continually refining the patterns he was taught. He has a mission of incorporating modern materials and techniques while maintaining the core qualities of these tried and true fly patterns. He remains dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the art of fly tying.

Fisher Heck: With a name like Fisher, what else would your interests be? Fisher started to learn how to wrap thread around a hook at the age of two. Even though he was battling childhood cancer his love of the outdoors and fishing continued. Once he was better, he continued to learn and tie his dad’s patterns and other fly patterns.
At the age of 12, Fisher started to demonstrate how to tie flies for the local Boy Scout groups. He continued to grow as a talented fly fisherman by spending countless hours on local streams, lakes and ponds. Fisher spent hour upon hour at the vice experimenting many tying techniques. Through this learning process he found an addiction for fishing and tying big streamers and it soon took over his total focus. He taught himself how to tie an articulated streamer and set off on a new journey of perfecting this new passion he had. After many hours he designed a completely new and unusual articulated streamer that he named “The Bou Nasty”.
At this point he was being invited to demonstrate at fly shops and fly fishing shows and many people were asking to purchase his flies. In 2022 Fisher launched “Predator Flies” and his personal designs can be purchased at www.fallingsprings.com.
Fisher is now cancer free and works at Precision Fly and Tackle where he is able to pass on his extensive knowledge to other fly and tackle enthusiast. Fisher would eventually like to start guiding the South-Central PA area.

Mike Heck: Mike has been fly fishing the beloved Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania streams since boyhood. He was bless- ed to have been able to learn the art of fly fishing on some of the hardest and most famous spring creeks in the country. He has been doing so for over thirty years. Mike is a graduate of Penn State University where he acquired his degree in Forestry. This degree has allowed him to become more knowledgeable about the delicate balance between foliage, insect and stream interaction, which has in turn enabled him to become a superior fly fisherman and trout guide. Mike is the author of, “Spring Creek Strategies”, Co-Author of “Tying Dry Flies” and “Keystone Fly Fishing”. He has also had articles published in Fly Fisherman, American Angler and Fish and Fly magazines. Mike has appeared in the TV show, “Road Trip USA”, a Discovery channel show that aired across Europe. Mike is also an innovative fly tyer with several patterns credited to his name. His signature fly patterns are famous and used worldwide by all types of fly fishermen. All of these fly patterns are available through his website www.fallingsprings.com.
Mike offers guiding for the Falling Springs, Big Spring, Letort, Yellow Breeches and so many other great trout streams in South Central Pennsylvania. You can find Mike Heck’s Trout Guides on the web at www.fallingsprings.com or contact him by e-mail at fallingsprings@outlook.com or by calling (717) 321-5160.

Shawn Holsinger: Shawn is owner and operator of Holsinger’s Guide Service has been fly fishing the streams of Western Central Pennsylvania for over 30 years.  Being blessed to be raised in the limestone rich mountains of the area, has offered many fishing opportunities in some incredibly trout-rich waters.  His home is centrally located between the famed Little Juniata and very popular Yellow Creek of Bedford County.  This area is also home to some incredible Class A wild trout water as well, which is where Shawn’s true passion is when it comes to fly fishing.
Shawn is also on the Pro Staff of his father’s business, www.holsingersflyshop.com  located in East Freedom, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata.  Part of his work in the fly shop includes his very popular YouTube channel, Holsinger’s Fly Shop.  Between the fly shop and his YouTube channel, he has had many opportunities to fly fish in some great locations, such as, Colorado for large cutthroats, Alaska for salmon, West Virginia and Maryland for trout, and Lake Erie and Ontario for lake run steelhead, browns and salmon.

Joe Jackson: Joe is a professional fly tyer most known for his artistic patterns spun with deer hair, creating real masterpieces like Baby Yoda, Hummingbirds, and T-rex’s. Joe is a veteran and a retired Sergeant in the U.S. Army. Joe spends most of his time tying flies, and volunteering as an ambassador for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing. Joe has devoted his life to his passions on the water, chasing fish and sharing his passion with those around him.

Bart Lombardo: Bart has been fly fishing and fly tying for over forty years. Although he travels the country to fish for trout and salmon and chases fish in the salt, his real passion is warm water fly fishing for bass, panfish, and other warm water species. As an endorsed fly tier for REGAL VISE, he enjoys teaching others about the art of fly tying. He regularly conducts fly tying classes for organizations like Orvis, LL Bean, and Trout Unlimited. Due to the popularity of his website Panfish On The Fly and his interest in warm water fly fishing he has been featured guest on a number of podcasts including The Warm Water Fly Fishing Podcast, Tenkara USA’s Tenkara Cast, and The Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer. Bart’s primary interest in fly tying is developing new patterns to target panfish, bass, and other warm water species. He is a member of a few pro-staffs in the fly tying industry including Solarez and Ewing Hackle. His website where he shares information about warm water fly fishing is www.panfishonthefly.com, and he can be contacted via email at info@panfishonthefly.com.

Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks: This is Rahjeir who fell in love with the sport and lifestyle of Fly fishing, while attending Lock Haven University in Pa. It came as a challenge from a professor By the Name of Dr. Walsh. Who watched him catch fish from the bank of the local river the day prior. “I seen you can catch Fish but, real Men fly fish.” – Dr. Walsh stated. In response, He laughed and said,” listen ima fly fish, get sponsored to do it and be better than you.” This joking moment shifted his life forever. He continued through college earning acknowledgment/awards for Track&field and Football. Which lead him to competing professionally. At the end of his first professional season he decided to stay close to home. He wanted to be close to his daughter who was 2 years old at the time and pursue a life on the Fly. In years coming he would be offered to help pioneer an outdoor inclusion initiative to get inner-city kids of the street and into the outdoors. Alongside the living legend Joe Humphreys. Covid put a stop to this but it didn’t stop his desire to help the youth. So what does he do now? you may ask. Well when he is not on the water, he is at work or spending time with his Family. He works for a local middle School assisting kids with different learning abilities. While working there God presented an
opportunity for outdoor educational programs. He and his co founder, took a shot and pitch the program idea. Fast forward to now, where he is Blessed to share the program just concluded its inaugural term. In addition, the Fly fishing and outdoor educational program for the middle school and high school is the first of its kind in all the surrounding school districts.

Safet Nikocevic: Self taught, hand fly tier, Safet was introduced to the wonders of fly fishing and fly tying at very young age. This began at the age of ten when he and his buddies chased roosters in the yard and hoped to get a perfect feather for a fly. He felt nothing is more fun than seeing seven inch brownies flipping and kicking. Born and raised in Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) near the finest rivers with no fishing store anywhere to be found and where hooks were real treasure. He spends his free time tying by hand and using simple materials such as grandmothers treads sheep’s wool or a chicken’s feather. He immigrated to New York City in 1993 and here he brought his fist vise Dyne-King Aristocrat #627 in a fishing store that he never saw before, Urban Angler NY, and started commercially tying for them. Safet spends free time on the finest river, East Branch in Upstate New York. Safet’s flies are very durable and productive and he is involved with fly tying demonstrations at fly fishing shows and various fly shops all over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Safet continues his fly tying pursuits through participation in some of the industry’s biggest shows, such as the International Fly Tying Symposium. Safet is a very proud full time employee of the piano company Steinway and Sons where he makes flies during his lunch breaks and everybody that knows him calls him a fly maker. He is also very active and very respectful Karate Instructor in Astoria’s Dojo. Using only the highest quality materials.

Rick Nyles: Rick has been fly fishing for over 40 years and has turned his passion into a business. Rick stated a fly fishing guide service in Pennsylvania in 1999 called Sky Blue Outfitters. Sky Blue Outfitters has established itself as one of the most comprehensive guide services in Pennsylvania. Rick is also an accomplished fly tyer and is known for his simple approach of fly tying and using CDC feathers in his patterns. In 2014 Rick introduced his own wing material called UP DN TROUT. This materials follows his simple approach to fly tying and will also speed up your tying time. Rick recently placed 3rd in the 2015 Orvis Fly Tying Contest using CDC and the UP DN TROUT wing material to show off one of his “guide” flies, the Green Drake.

Michael Perechinsky: I reside in Pennsylvania and was brought up loving the outdoors. Hunting and fishing were my sports throughout my school years. I started tying and fly-fishing in 1999. In 2000 and 2001, I placed in several tying competitions in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. My passion is tarpon on the fly. I am the owner of Pflies, a small saltwater fly-tying shop that specializes in saltwater patterns for tarpon, snook, permit, bonefish. I also tie fresh water patterns for trout and bass. There is no better feeling than having someone catch on your flies you tied!

Glen Populorum: Glen is a self-employed automotive mechanic in Illinois, who grew up canoeing and fishing many different places in both Illinois and Wisconsin. His Uncle introduced him to fly fishing at an early age, and Glen has never looked back. He decided to try his hand at tying in the early 1980’s and liked it, as it allowed him the flexibility to tie different flies depending upon their use. Glen inherited his love of travel from his Grandmother and has used it well – fishing and even guiding in the Seychelles for bonefish, Mexico for tuna and sailfish, and to Columbia and Brazil for peacock bass and payara. He is always developing new patterns for his next fishing adventure.

Karen Royer: Karen Royer is a fly tier/fisher with over 25 years of experience.  She is an honorary member of the Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishers, a past member of The Clean Angling Coalition, Trout Unlimited, and the International Federation of Fly Fishers. She is on the Pro Staff for Wasatch Tools, Nature’s Spirit and Rite Bobbins. Karen resides in Clayton, Ohio.  She gives presentations at numerous venues during the year. She supports Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery whenever  possible.  Karen specializes in tying “Fishable Realistic” patterns, with a passion for using all natural materials.

Juraj “George” Sabol: My name is Juraj Sabol born and raised in Czechoslovakia. Came to the USA as a teenager fell in love with fishing since the language was hard to learn. At 20 enlisted in the US Navy, to help with ptsd after 4 year enlistment went to PHWFF event . On the first cast fell in love with fly fishing, later that day I started tying. I have been tying for 11 years now, specializing in streamer patterns. Living near the Jersey shore love to fly fish for striped bass however brown trout are my favorite species to fish for.

Peter Simonson: Peter has been fly tying for over 25 years, initially just creating flies needed for fishing. He enjoys tying historic streamers from the Rangeley region of Maine. Of special interest are the unnamed and other lesser-known streamer patterns of Carrie Stevens. Peter has tied at the International Fly Tying Symposium and The Fly Fishing Show for many years, as well as at smaller shows and museum events. His work was featured in Fly Tyer magazine (Autumn 2022), in We Are Fly Fishing on-line magazine (Christmas 2022), and appears at www.petersimonsonflydresser.com. Peter studied streamer tying under Mike Martinek, and credits several old-school social media sites with providing him a rich interactive learning environment for tying streamers and classic Atlantic Salmon flies. Peter is a retired signal processing systems engineer, and when he’s not tying, he enjoys fly-fishing, kayaking, and hiking. A favorite is fishing for brook trout and big land-locked salmon from pocket water and deep pools in the upper Connecticut River of New Hampshire and from the Rangeley region of Maine. Peter has two grown sons, and lives with his wife Lynne in New Hampshire, where they have been pouring money into a small farmhouse for 40 years.

Brian Smith:  My name is Brian Smith. I started tying in September of 2022, and I dove in head first. I am a professional tattoo artist by trade, but my true passion has shifted into tying. I specialize in realism and dry flies, but I tie literally everything. My Instagram is @_tiesflies_ and my tiktok is @tiesflies. Tight lines!

Mike Stewart: Mike is a custom fly tyer and instructor. He started fishing in 1959 on the Canadian border in Vermont. He is a freshwater and saltwater fly tyer / fisherman who has had the opportunity to fish in many of the most beautiful places in and outside the US. Most of his fishing has been in New England, the Atlantic states, the Gulf Coast, and West Virginia with outings to the Rocky Mountain states, Bahamas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Alaska, and Chile. Mike has been tying since 1982 when he taught himself to tie. Through the opportunities made available by the Connecticut Fly Fishermen’s Association, he further refined his techniques such that he was confident to be a demonstration tyer, sell his flies, and ultimately teach fly tying. His bit to pass on the art to the next generation. Mike teaches fly tying out of his home in North Granby, CT and throughout New England and New York.
He is also very active with the Fly Fishers International (Life Member) where he is a past member of the FFI Board of Directors, the Fly Tying Board of Governors (currently the Secretary and Life Member), past President of the FFI Foundation Trustees and past president of the FFI North Eastern Council. Other organizations that Mike is a member include the CFFA (life member), United Fly Tyers, Catskill Fly Tyers Guild, and Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.
Mike is on a Pro Teams such as Ewing Feather Birds, Solarez Fly Tying, Peak Fishing, and Flymen Fishing Company. He is an active demonstration fly tyer and can be found at The Fly Fishing Shows, International Fly Tying Symposium, and many other regional fly fishing shows and venues.
While he ties all types of flies, he especially enjoys classic wet flies. Not only are they a joy to behold, they harken back to our mutual fly fishing heritage, and, “Boy! do they catch fish.”

Julie Szur: I was born and raised in Bradford, Pa, a small, valley town nestled in the heart of the Allegheny National Forest. I started fishing the local trout streams with my dad at the age of five using worms, minnows, and occasionally, artificial flies. As I grew older, my love for fishing continued to grow.
During the summer months, I have been employed at the Slate Run Tackle shop in Slate Run, Pa, where I have worked as a guide on the area trout streams with Brookie, my Golden Retriever fishing partner. At the Lord Nelson Gallery in Gettysburg Pa our original print of Brookie and I are fishing on the stream is on the wall by Artist John Weiss.
It was at the tackle shop where I first met Lefty Kreh when I was eighteen. His passion for fly fishing inspired me to learn more about the sport. I immediately began reading, studying, and getting hands on casting instruction from Lefty, Ed Jaworski, Bobby Clouser, and Wanda Taylor. They have all been great mentors in my life. From them, I also began learning about entomology.
I am involved with the Brown Trout Club in Slate Run, and help with the stocking of German Brown Trout into Pine Creek’s catch and release section. I am also a past president of the Slate Run Sportsman’s Club. In that capacity, I worked with the club members doing stream cleanup in the spring, helping scouts earn their fishing badges, and conducting fly -fishing and fly -tying classes. I am with Trout Unlimited Clubs of America.
I started a women’s program teaching fly fishing to cancer survivors. I have also taught fly- fishing classes at Orchard Park High School, Boces Vo-tech School, Chautauqua Institution, and corporate groups at Holiday Valley Ski Resort, Ellicottville Women’s Weekend. I live in Ellicottville NY. I teach at home and fish in other states.
Additionally, I am working with Amidea Daniel of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission hosting and promoting adult and family programs on fly fishing, stream entomology, and fly tying. I continue to guide and teach Fly Fishing on native trout streams for trout and steelhead, carp and bass, musky. I do walk wade trips and float trips on streams and rivers, and teach casting on pounds.
My goal is to introduce Fly Fishing to others and what this amazing sport has to offer. It’s a lifetime of passion for generations to come.

Son Tao: Son Tao, is an Army veteran and has been tying since 2016. In 2017, he won the 5th annual Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing national fly tying competition and has several patterns published in books.
Son is well-known across social media due to his photography, beautiful fish photos and “how to” videos which has led to over 200,000 followers across social media platforms. He enjoys teaching others tying techniques through The Fly Fishing Show circuit, clinics and Zoom presentations.
Son is a huge advocate for veterans and is very active with numerous nonprofit organizations. He regularly spends time helping Project Healing Waters and Warriors & Quiet Waters programs in order to raise awareness for veterans.
Son ties a wide variety of patterns but is best known for his intricate trout flies. He is an ambassador for Abel Reels, Whiting Farms, Fishpond, Wapsi, Solarez, Douglas Outdoors and Simms Fishing.

Dan Thomas: I was born and raised in a small town called Carbondale located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, along the Lackawanna River and began fishing with my father at the age of three, at the various rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams that surround our area. Some of which include the Lackawaxen, Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Delaware rivers. It wasn’t until the summer of 2008 that I discovered what is now, my sheer addiction to say the least; fly fishing. It all began one afternoon, while fishing a local damn. I was rummaging through my gear when I came across a plastic container full of miscellaneous hooks, sinkers, lures, and other tackle which my father had given to me. Among these was a small cardboard box containing about 5 or 6 old dry flies. I carefully studied and admired each one in amazement. I was intrigued at the fact that someone had created these things by hand. I was reluctant at first to feed such works of art to a fish, but I had to try one out. I rigged my spinning rod with a float bubble and cast my first fly. It wasn’t but a minute later, I caught my first fish on this beautifully tied Adams. The very next day I purchased my first fly rod. For the first month or so, I purchased flies from my local Orvis dealer, as I believed I didn’t possess the patience needed to tie flies myself. It wasn’t until my father had given me an old unopened fly tying kit that he had found in his basement that I actually attempted fly tying for the first time. Now, armed with a crude rusty wing nut style vise, the obsession had begun. My current employment with the Rail Road has me traveling throughout parts of Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New York, to the Canadian border. Each year I am afforded the opportunity to fish the many great rivers along the way including, the Delaware, Hudson, Susquehanna, Battenkill, Ausable, Saranac, and Chazy, as well as Lakes George, and Champlain to name a few. I enjoy the challenge of coming up with flies for these wonderful waters and enjoy even more getting to try them out.

Kino Torres: While my fly tying hobby began 5 years ago, I have found that I love tying flies! I love using materials to perfect my own style of tying.  I try to tie as often as possible and I am constantly working to become a better Tyer. I am Prostaff to many great companies. I also love the community of fly tyers that I have met on social media, on the water and at shows. In addition to tying in my spare time I enjoy fly fishing, offshore fishing, hunting, and spending time with my girls.

Mike Valla: A native of Binghamton, NY, Mike has been fly-fishing and tying trout flies for over 50 years. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University where he studied fisheries biology. After a short stint in Graduate School, where he studied paleobotany, he returned to Cornell where he was employed as a Research Support Specialist in the Plant Pathology and Entomology departments. He then changed careers and studied for four years at Georgetown University where he obtained a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.
Now retired from the Active Medical/Dental staff at Glens Falls Hospital in the Adirondacks of New York, where he practiced public health dentistry for indigent children. He has written numerous feature-length magazine articles for American Fly Fishing, Fly Fisherman, Fly Tyer and The American Fly Fisher. He has been an invited speaker locally, nationally and internationally. His presentations are focused on fly-fishing and fly-tying history. Mike is the 4th recipient of the prestigious Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award for his contributions to the art of fly tying.
Books:
Fly Fishing Guide to New York State NEW RELEASE (September 2023)
Favorite Flies for the Catskills (2020
Classic Streamer Fly Box. Stackpole Books (2020)
Tying and Fishing Bucktails and other Hairwings (2016)
Tying the Founding Flies (2015) S
The Founding Flies, 43 American Masters, Their Patterns and Influences (2013) The Classic Wet-Fly Box (2012).
The Classic Dry Fly Box (2010
Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies (2009)

Steven Wascher: Steven is a third generation fly tyer who has tied flies and fly fished for over 50 years. Steve was taught the craft at an early age by his father, who in turned learned from his mother. Steve learned early on that perfection to detail, proportion, and the utilization of quality materials was of utmost importance in the production of every pattern to fool the browns and wild brook trout of the Pine Creek Valley in Pennsylvania. He has taught a variety of tying classes for over twenty years and also guides. His classes varied in depth from basic trout flies to spinning deer hair bass bugs as well as Steelhead flies and Tube Flies. Over the past 10 years, Steve’s flies have be published in many books national and regional magazines. Professionally, Steve was a special education teacher and also taught summers at the New York State Department of Corrections, as well as a college level course entitled – Introduction to Fly Fishing at Jamestown Community College. Prior to obtaining a Bachelors and Master’s Degree, Steve served in the United States Army for three years as an Artillery Surveyor in West Germany. Steve works as a manufacturers sales representative in the fly fishing industry offering product lines including Abel and Ross fly reels, Scott fly rods, Korkers wading boots.

Eric Washofer: My name is Eric Washofer and I grew up fishing freshwater as well as saltwater. I lived my whole life in NJ but didn’t fish it much. The majority of my fishing was at my families vacation house on Candlewood lake in CT where I grew up catching small and largemouth bass every chance I got. Then as I got older I would travel down to my families vacation house to fish the gulf coast of Florida which I have been doing for quite a while and love. I started fly tying as what I initially thought to be a winter hobby, but it quickly turned into an addiction. I find fly tying to be a very relaxing and creative hobby where you can constantly be learning new patterns and always put your own twist on it with material selection etc.

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