 Alan Caolo: Alan Caolo is the author of two books on saltwater fly fishing, including Sight-Fishing for Striped Bass, and has written numerous articles on many aspects of the sport. He's fished extensively throughout the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico for nearly every inshore and offshore gamefish species. Joe Cordeiro: Fly Tying is not just a hobby for this man it is a passion. Joe Cordeiro has been tying flies for over 25 years. The past 10 years focusing on teaching, presenting at shows and marketing salt water flies. Joe has been fishing his entire life growing up near Cape Cod. Fly-fishing has been his main focus for many years His salt-water fly patterns have been tested in waters for their imitation to the bait they mimic. Many of his patterns are lifelike imitations. The materials used are natural and add to the authenticity of the product. Joe’s style and tying technique have caught the attention and admiration of many seasoned fly tiers and his passion for the art is evident.
 Jay "Fishy" Fullum: After working as a designer and graphic artist for over 30 years, Fishy retired in 1995 to pursue his passion for writing, tying flies and fly fishing. He still utilizes his art talent when illustrating his magazine articles or a new book. Fishy also established himself as an accomplished watercolorist shortly after retiring, selling many paintings that combine his art and fly tying talents. Fishy has been tying flies since the early fifties. During the past twenty years he has designed nearly a hundred and fifty productive, innovative patterns for everything from bluegills to bonefish. Many of these patterns are featured in his CREATIVE TYING column published in FLY TYER MAGAZINE. Other patterns can be found in Fishy's two fly tying books, FISHY'S FLIES and FISHY'S FAVORITES and A JAR FULL OF HOPPERS, a book of short stories on fly fishing and fly tying. Fishy is featured at fly tying/fly fishing events from Massachusetts to Florida, where he teaches and demonstrates the art of fly tying at the vise, through his powerpoint presentations and his new video FROM FISHY'S FLY BOX.
 Sheila M. Hassan: Sheila M. Hassan is a Federation of Fly Fishers Master Certified casting instructor, one of a handful of women with this credential. She is the director of the Wulff School of Fly Fishing, and is a member of the pro staff for the R.L. Winston Rod Company and Ross Reels. She has traveled extensively, catching (and releasing) everything from bluegill to blue marlin. She is an IGFA world record holder for bonefish and bluefish, and teaches casting seminars and private lessons throughout New England. She has recently published her first book, Fly Casting: A Systematic Approach.Dave Klausmeyer: David Klausmeyer is the editor of Fly Tyer magzine. David has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles about fly fishing and tying, and is the author of more than half a dozen books, including Striped Bass Flies: Patterns of the Pros, Tying Classic Freshwater Streamers, and Trout Streams of Northern New England. In 2007, David received the Golden Hook Award from the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum for his contributions to educating anglers about fly fishing and tying.  Aaron Jasper: Aaron Jasper is a third grade teacher, owner of Fly Fishing Evolution guide service, published author, and the co-founder of www.troutpredator.com . He fishes over 200 days per year and his true passion in life is sharing all the information he gathers with the fly fishermen of the world. While Aaron has been fishing for nearly 30 years now, he is fairly new to the Public Fly Fishing eye He Also believes that our toolboxes of methods should be constantly growing and EVOLVING. Beyond this obvious fact, our sport is in a constant state of evolution, better equipment, better materials to use at the vise, even genetically engineered trout. How does this apply to Aaron’s beliefs? Even though the sport’s practices are subject to constant change, sometimes evolving dictates that you look back; back to methods long forgotten. So… Aaron’s view of evolution is this: the fly fisherman must constantly evolve to become better at their craft, and in order to evolve they must not only learn modern techniques but they must also look backwards through history and analyze all methods available to ensure their constant state of evolution. His guiding website is www.troutpredator.com. He also came out with his first DVD titled "European Nymphing: Techniques and Fly Tying." He is going to be doing a series of teaching DVDs that are going to cover nearly ever facet of fly fishing for trout.  Lefty Kreh: Lefty has been an active outdoor writer for more than 50 years. He has written for most major outdoor magazines in this country as well as many abroad. He is the retired outdoors editor of the Baltimore Sunpapers and holds a staff position on several magazines.He has been given the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement” by The American Sportfishing Association. The North American Fly Tackle Trade Association also honored him with the “Lifetime Contribution Award.” He was inducted into the (International Game Fishing Association) “IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame”, the “Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame”, “The Fly Fishing Hall of Fame,” and the “Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Fishing Hall of Fame.” And was named “Angler of the Year.” By Fly Rod and Reel Magazine. Lefty served as a Senior Advisor for a number of terms for Trout Unlimited and Federation of Fly Fishers and has received numerous awards from these organizations. Lefty has fished in almost every state, all the Providences of Canada and in many countries in Europe, Central and South America and Iceland. He has fished a number of places in the South Pacific, including Christmas Island, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. He is a consultant to Temple Fork Outfitters, Bass Pro and Scientific Anglers. He is the author of 30 books and taught outdoor photography for the National Wildlife Society and was L.L. Bean’s fly-fishing and photo consultant for several years. Lefty is most proud that he has been married for more than 61 years to his best friend, Evelyn, whom made it possible for him to pursue his career.  Rob Lewis: Rob is a professional fly tier, river guide, lecturer and fly tying instructor. He is one of the foremost fly pattern designers in the country and his Realistic Series has been touted as the future of fly design. He has been featured in magazines such as Fish & Fly, Fly Fishing New England and Fly Tyer.While Rob describes himself as "a pair of pants away from a caveman", the best description was written by one of the hundreds of clients Rob has guided on rivers for trout in Montana and New York.  Ed Lombardo: ESPN selected 12 of some of the best fly fishers in America to compete in its first Great Outdoor Games Competition, which was held in Lake Placid NY in the summer of 2000. Ed Lombardo was one of the twelve competitors. Some of the other competitors were Doug Swisher, Wendy & Terry Gun, and Brian O'Keefe. Competition venues consisted of, fly casting accuracy using a variety of specialty cast, the longest cast, and fishing the Famous Waters of The Ausable River just outside of Lake Placid N Y. Ed has more than 40 years experience in fly fishing. 25 years ago Ed Lombardo founded the New England School of Fly Fishing at the W. Alton Jones Campus of University of Rhode Island. He is also Chief Fly Fishing Instructor at Addieville East Farm and Deer Creek Farm, both shooting and fly fishing preserves. Over the years Ed has taught thousands of people to fly fish. Ed is a veteran fly fisher, guide, instructor, and expert fly caster and fly tier. With over forty years experience, he has fished for such diverse species as trout, steelhead, atlantic salmon, black bass, striped bass, bluefish, and false albacore. He has 24 years experience fly fishing the fabulous Big Horn River, the Yellowstone National Park area, and Spring Creeks of Montana. He has also fished the Florida Keys for Tarpon and Bonefish. He is a professional lecturer, fly fishing writer, amateur entomologist on fly fishing, and writes for both national as well as local print and TV media. He is also a member of the Narragansett Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Honorary Life Member of United Fly Tiers of RI, and Honorary Member of the Smithfield Sportsman's Club. And he established and coordinated a Fly Fishing course at the University of Rhode Island's Bay Campus and works as lead fly fishing instructor for RI/DEM'S Dept. of Fish and Wildlife's Aquatic Education Program.  Michael Mauri: The fish management technician caught his first fish at age six in a small stream in Bavaria.In 1983 - at age 12 - he decided to devote himself entirely to the royal discipline. Since that time, he has been fishing exclusively with flies. His early, influential sources of inspiration were, for example, Sepp Prager at a show in 1985 and later Lefty Kreh and Steve Rajeff. Starting in 1998, Michael Mauri has been participating in international shows and conducting single- and doublehand workshops all over the globe. As a professional flyfisher he also guides all over in Europe, from Italy up to Norway and Greenland. Motion sequences acquired from many years of martial arts training as well as his great desire to experience something new allowed him to create his own unique casting techniques, the EFCT (Effective Fly Casting Technique). The secret of his style is the natural movement, which makes it easy to learn – for everybody! In search of new challenges, he continuously hones his own skills while at the same time coming up with new ideas for improved equipment. But if he’s outside on the water and becomes ones with the nature, he is still that boy of six. Check out Michaels DVD about the magic water casts for fishing – spey casting for single hand available at www.theanglingbookstore.com.  Rich Murphy: Rich Murphy is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Massachusetts, a published author, a professional fly designer, a salt water fly fishing junky, and a pretty good husband to a lovely wife.Murphy taught himself to fly cast and tie rudimentary fresh water flies over the winter of his eighth year. He caught his first trout on a fly that next spring using a mayfly spinner pattern he copied from an old Field and Stream. He started tying saltwater flies commercially, part-time, over 20 years ago. In the winter of 1995, Murphy went under contract with Umpqua Feather Merchants as a fly designer. To date, Umpqua has incorporated eight of his salt water fly patterns within their catalog inventory : the Conomo Special, Steep Hill Special, RM Shortfin Squid, RM Flatside, RM Needlefish, RM Rattlesnake, RM Spitfire and the Pamet Special. Murphy has written feature articles for a number of fly fishing periodicals including Saltwater Flyfishing, Fish and Fly Magazine , and Fly Tyer . His first book, Fly Fishing for Striped Bass, went to print in July 2007, and is presently available in most major retail and internet book retail outlets. He lives in Georgetown, Massachusetts, with Lucy, his wife and most cogent critic, and their faithful bad dog, Tahoe.  Capt. Ray Stachelek: Captain Ray Stachelek, a Rhode Island saltwater guide and inventive tier will be making a presentation at this month meeting. A licensed U.S.C.G Captain, he owns and operates Cast a Fly Charters full time since retiring from the educational field. In his almost fifty years experience on the waterways, he has witnessed many of the environmental changes that have impacted Narragansett Bay. His thirty- three years of experience as a teacher makes him a natural to explain in layman’s terms any fishing scenario or fly tying sequence. Ray will hold your attention with captivating photography, multi-media presentation, and his own brand of light humor. He explains subject matter in a systematic, logical fashion easy for everyone to understand. Capt. Ray is an innovative fly designer. His nationally known “Angel Hair Series” pioneered the use of Angel Hair in saltwater eleven years ago. You will see many of these patterns listed in store catalogs or sold thru out the country. Glitter flies have become a main staple to fly tying today. He is a member of the Umpqua Feather Merchants professional tiers. Ray’s articles and photography have frequently appeared in such national magazines as Saltwater Fly Fishing and Fly Fishing Saltwater. He is a contributing writer to Fly Tier Magazine. He contributes weekly to local newspapers and web sites. Ray demonstrates his tying techniques at national fly shows during the winter months. He does seminars for area fishing clubs on topics that range from fly tying to light tackle angling. He is active in local affiliates Rhody Fly Rodders and United Fly Tyers and has served on their executive boards. Cast a Fly Charters is endorsed by many of the major manufacturers in the fly industry and is also sponsored by the Mercury Saltwater Fishing Team.  Eric Stroup: Eric Stroup is a fly fishing guide, writer and fly tier from Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania. Eric and his wife Tracey own and operate Stroup Fly Fishing, and are deeply invested in the preservation and promotion of the fly fishing industry, its resources and its future. Eric has been engrained in nearly every branch of the industry. He has been a commercial fly tier, a guide and a retail shop owner. He has written magazine articles and books, produced videos and is a nationally known speaker. He has worked in Montana as well as Pennsylvania. He is a signature Tier for the Spirit River Group, a regional coordinator for Project Healing Waters, and a coach for the USA Youth Fly Fishing Team. Eric’s first book was COMMON-SENSE FLY FISHING: 7 SIMPLE LESSONS TO CATCH MORE TROUT and his tying techniques are also available
on his DVD, ‘Practical Fly Patterns that Catch Trout’ Volume I & II,
with fly fishing great, Charlie Meck. Look for Eric’s latest book, River Pimp, at the show. It is sure to be a best seller!  Bob Popovics: Born and raised in New Jersey, Bob Popovics “Popfleyes” has been saltwater fly-fishing around the globe for over to 40 years. Bob’s involvement in the promotion of saltwater fly-fishing run as deep as the concepts he has created at the vise. A member, former president and executive board member of the Saltwater Flyrodders of America, Bob helped pioneer modern day saltwater fly fishing in the northeast through his ground breaking fly tying concepts and teaching of the sport to anyone who was interested in learning. A true sportsman in every sense, Bob’s contribution to saltwater fly fishing continues to prosper today through his fly fishing, tying, and eye catching videos. In the 1992 Bob founded the Atlantic Saltwater Flyrodders in Seaside Park, NJ. And in 1998, Bob was inducted into the FRESHWATER FISHING HALL OF FAME where he sits amongst some of the greatest names in the sport of fishing. Most widely known for his innovative fly tying techniques and designs, Bob’s creations of “fleyes” have literally changed the direction of fly tying with unique and durable saltwater fly designs. The originator of epoxy and silicone flies, Bob’s realistic “baitfish like” designs have come to be widely known as Popfleyes. From his early introduction of the Surf Candy design in the mid 1970’s to such sport standards as the Hollow Fleye, Siliclone, Pop-lip, Ultra Shrimp, Bucktail Deceiver, Bob’s Banger, 3-D, Cotton Candy, and Shady Lady Squid. Bob now leads the way in fly tying with acrylics. Bob’s impact on fly tyers and fly fishers has been widespread throughout the globe. Lefty Kreh has called Bob “The most innovative fly tyer I have ever met!” Currently, Bob sits on the advisory staff to many of the industry’s top manufacturers such as St Croix Rod, MAKO Fly Reels, and Renzetti. He is a contributing writer to Fly Fishing in Saltwaters Magazine, and his co-authored book, "POP FLEYES" with Ed Jaworowski, a staple read for anyone interested in saltwater fly fishing. To his additional credits, he has created and stars in two “POP FLEYES” videos from Reel Resources. He is a frequent seminar speaker at many of the sports national and regional consumer and industry venues. Today, Bob spends much of his time passionately capturing a video history of fly fishing in the northeast since 1984. As a surf fly fishing specialist with innovative approaches to the challenges and demands of using a fly rod in the ocean surf, Bob continues to share his knowledge with beginners and experts alike. He is referred to by many as one of the greatest ambassadors of our sport. Bob owns and operates the Shady Rest Restaurant in Bayville, N.J., with his wife Alexis, and still resides just a short walk to the beach from his house in Seaside Park, NJ.  Jim Valle: Jim resides at the
Jersey Shore and was recently elected to the Federation’s Casting Board
of Governors and as such joins an elite group of international casting
instructors. As New Jersey’s resident FFF Certified Master and Two Hand
Casting Instructor Jim holds all the Casting Instructor Certifications
the Federation offers. He first picked up a fly rod in Oregon more than
35 years ago and now fishes the “Salt” from New Jersey to Rhode Island.
His freshwater fly fishing includes the streams and rivers of the
Northeast and at least an annual return to the Pacific Northwest.
Always ready to talk fly fishing, feel free to introduce yourself, he
will be more than happy to answer any questions about the Federation,
Instructor Certification or fly casting from novice to advanced or Spey
including… Spey Casting in the Surf! www.masterflycasting.comJim teaches both Single Hand and Two Hand/Spey Casting. His teaching credits include Clinics, FFF Conclaves, College Courses, Casting For Recovery, Project Healing Waters, FFF Youth Program, and LL Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools. Jim is the Fly Fishing Pro at L&H Woods and Water in Wall Township, NJ, the BSA Fly Fishing Merit Badge Counselor and a member of the Loomis Pro Staff.  Dave Whitlock: Thirty-nine years ago Dave pooled his talents in painting, illustrating, writing, photography, fly fishing and lecturing, resigned his position as a research chemist, and embarked on a new career as a full-time professional in the arts of fly fishing. Dave’s art and writing appear regularly in many fly fishing and sport publications. He has written 4 books, demonstrated his fly fishing, fly tying and teaching skills in 10 videos and coauthored, contributed to or illustrated more than 20 other books. Dave is also known internationally for his innovative fly tying designs, including the popular Dave’s Hopper. Dave has taught flyfishing around the world, and he and his wife Emily shared the magic of fly fishing at their Whitlock Fly Fishing School for10 years. Dave’s experience and creative outlook on the whole spectrum of fly fishing have earned him the reputation of being one of the top professional fly fishers in the sport. Vince Wilcox: Vince Wilcox’s has been a Signature tier for Idylwilde Flies since 2004 and has had over 30 patterns tied and sold commercially around North America. His flies have also been featured in books such as Dave Klausmeyer’s 501Favorite Fly Tying Tips and The Master’s Fly Box, Todd Hosman’s Colorado Trout Flies, Randall Kauffman’s Fly Patterns and Ben Roman’s Montana’s Best Fly Fishing. In addition to these books Vince’s flies have also been featured in a host of publications and he has written for Eastern Fly Fishing, Southwest Fly Fishing, Fly Fisherman, and American Angler and is a contributing writer for Fly Tyer magazine. His first in a series of books from Lyons Press “Vince Wilcox’s Naturally Artificial Signature Flies” will be released in April 2012. Ross Purnell of Fly Fisherman magazine writes “Vince Wilcox is the most creative and unorthodox tier of his generation”, look for it in Barnes & Noble, Amazon and premium fly shops everywhere. As a production fly tier he has tied hundreds of thousands of flies and when he’s not busy writing, running his on-line store and tying flies, he is guiding in Colorado, Wyoming and primarily on his northern Adirondack streams. One of the most diverse outfitters in the Adirondacks, Wiley’s Flies offers float and wade trips for trout, salmon, bass, pike and musky as well as lake and pond trips out of his fly shop in Rainbow Lake, New York. www.wileysflies.com
Fly Tyers: Don Bastian
Authors: Alan Caolo Dick Brown Bob Popovics
Bob Romano
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Jeff Currier:
Jeff Currier resides in Victor, Idaho with his wife Yvonne where he
bases his globe-trotting career in fly fishing. He is an active member
of the Ross Professional Advisory Team, Rio Products Advisory Team, a
fly fishing lecturer and well known fish artist. He has taught the
skills of fly fishing, guided fly fishers throughout Wyoming and
Yellowstone National Park and escorted fly fishers throughout six
continents for fish ranging from peacock bass, tarpon, Nile perch,
permit, tigerfish, trevally, taimen and more. This IGFA Record Holder
has fished in over forty countries and caught over 275 species of fish
on the fly! 
Ed Engle:
Ed Engle’s fly fishing articles have appeared regularly in newspapers
and magazines for more than 30 years. In the 1970’s his articles on
short line nymphing techniques were among the first to appear in
national fly fishing magazines. Since that time he has taught thousands
of fly fishers the subtle art of nymphing through his books and
articles, on-the-water seminars, and at his popular nymphing class
sponsored by the Fly Fishing Show.
Ben Furimsky:
Ben began fly fishing at the age of 5 and was tying flies at age 7. He
has been guiding fly fishing from New Jersey's coast to the mountains
of Colorado, where he now guides on the Gunnison River. Ben's fly
patterns have been featured in numerous magazines, books, and web
sites. A number of his patterns have been contracted out by several
commercial fly tying companies. His designs include his famous BDE and
Foam Drake patterns. His latest series of flies are the Artrickulated
streamers incorporating his unique method of articulating flies. 
Daniel W. Galhardo:
Tenkara USA is a fully independent, US-based company. It was founded
and is run by Daniel W. Galhardo. Daniel has spent years researching and
learning everything he can about tenkara. Truly, tenkara has become his
single most important subject in life, he needs no floatant, no weight
and no reels, yet continues catching trout. In this time he's developed a
strong relationship with tenkara masters in Japan, particularly Dr.
Hisao Ishigaki, the most prominent tenkara angler in Japan. He relies on
their knowledge and feedback to ensure all products are of very high
quality. No one in the US has come to know as much about tenkara as he
does. This knowledge and relationships show in the quality of the
products offered by Tenkara USA, which have acquired renown worldwide
and applause from his masters in Japan.Home | Raleigh, NC | Denver, CO | Marlborough, MA | Pasadena, CA | Lancaster, PA | Pleasanton, CA | Somerset, NJ | Exhibitor Information | Contact Us |
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