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Fly Tyers:
Authors: A.K. Best |
A.K. Best: Born and raised on an Iowa farm.
Gary Borger: Gary Borger is one of the world’s foremost fly fishing educators. He has taught classes and lectured internationally on all aspects of fly-fishing for trout and salmon since 1972. He is recognized as one of the world’s leaders in fly designing. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Campus in Wausau. He has published widely in sporting magazines around the world and has written six best-selling books on fly fishing. Gary pioneered fly fishing video instruction with his release of "Nymphing" in 1982. Since then he has produced 27 instructional videos and has been featured in various television programs, including his own production “The Tzar’s Trout.” Gary was a consultant on Robert Redford's movie "A River Runs Through It." With his award-winning CD/cassette tape, "My Madison," he pioneered fly fishing, nature-music audios. In addition, Gary has been design consultant to a number of manufacturers in the fly fishing industry. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of Fly Fisher's fly casting instructor certification program, a member of many conservation organizations, and was a founding board member of the River Alliance of Wisconsin. He has received many awards for conservation, including the first Lew Jewett Memorial Life Membership in the Federation of Fly Fishers in 1979. Gary currently writes, lectures, produces videos, and teaches schools on all aspects of fly fishing and fly tying.
Nate Brumley: Nate Brumley is the owner of Dry Fly Innovations, an online fishing company that specializes in dry flies, custom all-season boxes, fly tying DVD’s, and videos. Nate’s unique fly patterns have been created from the experience of fishing the Northwest for over 45 years. His renowned presentations and fly tying exhibitions have become the new standard in fishing instruction on a dry fly and precision fly tying. The insight and instruction Nate brings to the vice is a priceless experience guaranteed to make you a better creator of dry flies!!
Charlie Craven: Charlie Craven has been a commercial tyer for nearly thirty years, and in that time has tied flies for almost every species of gamefish in nearly every location in the world, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rocky Mountain West. He designs flies for Umpqua Feather Merchants, and some of his popular patterns include the Charlie Boy Hopper, Jujubee Midge, Jujubaetis and Poison Tung. Charlie was the fly tyer and photographer for Barr Flies (Stackpole 2007) and recently authored his own book, Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying (Headwaters 2008). Craven is the president of Charlie's Fly Box fly shop in Arvada, Colorado and lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His as-yet untitled new book will be out in late 2010.
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! 
George Daniel: George began fly fishing at age 6 while growing up in Potter County, PA. Many of the small freestone streams flowing through “God’s Country” became George’s outdoor laboratory and is where he developed his passion for fly fishing. Early in his teens, George and his family relocated into the Centre region where fly fishing legends George Harvey, Joe Humphreys, and Charles Meck resided. The rich angling history in the Centre region along with its resident legends was a fruitful area for a young lad wanting to expand his fly fishing knowledge. At age 16, George eventually crossed paths with his fly fishing idol, Joe Humphreys at a local shop. Joe made George a promise that he would find time in his busy schedule to fish with him one afternoon. Twenty pestering phone calls later from George, Joe agreed upon a time when he would take George fishing. From that first time on the water, Joe took George under his wing as an apprentice and spent countless hours with George, on and off the water, providing angling knowledge that has allowed George to successfully enter the fly fishing industry. 
Ian Davis: Ian has been involved in the fly fishing industry for more than twenty years. Having grown up in the Catskill Mountains, Ian later went on to attend the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied landscape painting. In the early 90's, he moved to Colorado, where he spent 12 years as the owner of Breckenridge Outfitters - a three-time "Orvis Endorsed Outfitter of the Year" fly shop. After leaving Colorado in 2003, Ian joined the Yellow Dog team as co-owner, saltwater programs director, and as manager of Yellow Dog's Bahamas program. Ian has fished extensively throughout the world in both fresh and saltwater, including the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Argentina, Honduras, Chile, Venezuela, the Yucatan, throughout Canada, Baja, and in most of the U.S. Ian is an accomplished painter and photographer, and handles all of the art and illustrations for Yellow Dog's catalogs and other literature. Ian lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Karen and their three daughters.
John Duncan: John spent his formative years crawling around the Olympic Peninsula chasing trout, salmon and steelhead. Most of his 4 years at Colorado College were spent fishing the Arkansas and Platte Rivers. After college, he followed his fly rod to Telluride, where he became the head guide for Telluride Outside in 1991. John served as Marketing Director and casting instructor for the Scott Fly Rod Company from 1994-2001. In the spring of 2001, he and two guiding friends took over the Telluride Outside guide service and Telluride Angler fly shop.
Bill Edrington: A sociology/criminology professor for 25 years, Bill Edrington has owned Royal Gorge Anglers in Canon City, CO since 1990. In addition to teaching fly fishing and training guides in how to teach fly fishing, he is an author and outdoor photographer with his last book being Fly Fishing the Arkansas, An Angler’s Guide and Journal. Bill is currently working on a new book entitled Been There and Stood on That Rock, A Fly Fishing Journey, river stories, fly fishing poetry and streamside recipes. It is slated for publication in 2009. He has published articles in Fly Fisherman magazine, American Angler, and is currently a contributing writer for the High Country Journal. Bill grew up fly fishing the small streams of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado and after having fished around the world, still considers that to be his favorite.
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.
John Gierach: John Gierach is an American author and freelance writer who formerly resided on the St. Vrain River in Lyons, Colorado and now lives in Larimer County, Colorado. His books' themes are based on his various fly fishing adventures, some of which take place with his friend, A.K. Best. A few of his works include The View from Rat Lake, Even Brook Trout Get the Blues, and the cult classic--Trout Bum. His work has appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream where he is a contributing author, and Fly, Rod, and Reel where he is an editor at large. He also writes columns for the Longmont Daily Times-Call out of Longmont, Colorado and the monthly Redstone Review and a monthly column for the The New York Times. This is a rare chance to meet one of the most well known fly fishing authors in person!
Rick Hafele: Rick Hafele has a Masters degree in aquatic entomology and a minor in fisheries biology, and has worked as a professional aquatic biologist for over 30 years. He has penned the Entomology column for American Angler magazine for over 25 years. Books to his credit include An Angler’s Guide to Aquatic Insects and Their Imitations (with Scott Roederer, Johnson Books, 1995), Western Mayfly Hatches (with Dave Hughes, Amato Pub, 2005), The Complete Book of Western Hatches (with Dave Hughes, Amato Pub, 1981), and most recently Nymph Fishing Rivers and Streams (Stackpole Books, 2006). Rick is also well known for instructional DVD’s that include the 1983 classic Anatomy of a Trout Stream and more recently the four volume set titled, Fly Fishing Large Western Rivers, plus Nymph Fishing Basics (included with his latest book or sold separately) and the 2-disc set titled Advanced Nymph Fishing. Few fly fishermen have Rick's knowledge about the world in which trout live, and for many years he has been sharing that knowledge with fly fishermen through books, articles, slide shows and seminars. More info about Rick and his programs can be found at his website: www.laughingrivers.com
Jeff Hatton: It has been a long strange float for me and it has always had a thread related to fly fishing. In junior high school I started selling fly’s to my football coach. After a stint as an Ironworker right out of high school building up Denver, the rivers called me back and I started tying flies for A.K. Best in the early 1980’s. By the late 1980’s I had moved to the western slope of Colorado and found my home waters of the Gunnison drainages. I have worked as a guide in the Black canyon of the Gunnison and through the 1990’s I also spent a time working in a couple of fly shops and there was a 4 year stint as the Harvest foreman and production manager of Whiting Farms, this was followed by a 3 year period at SCOTT rods as their corksmith. In 2000 I formed my own company titled Gnomish Rod Works to produce Art level bamboo rods on a one of a kind basis. In 2005 My first book was published by Amato Publications and is titled Rod Crafting; a Full color pictorial history of rod making . I have also put together one of the finest collections of antique rods covering 200 years of history in the country and I take great joy in sharing it with my fellow anglers. I was awarded the Rod Maker of the Year award in 2005 at the Southern Rod Makers gathering.
Dave Hughes: Dave Hughes is author of more than 20 books about fly fishing for trout. They include the classic Western Hatches (with Rick Hafele), American Fly Tying Manual, Handbook of Hatches, Reading the Water, Tactics for Trout, Strategies for Stillwater, Dry Fly Fishing, Nymph Fishing, Fly Fishing Basics, Wet Flies, the massive Trout Flies, Essential Trout Flies, Taking Trout, Trout From Small Streams, and Western Mayfly Hatches (with Rick Hafele). His latest book, published in January, 2009, is titled Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters, has 375 pages of text and 1,000 color photos of naturals, nymphs, tying steps, and the types of water where you'll want to fish them. 
Larry Kingrey: Larry Kingrey is one of the top fly designers in the country and specializes in utilizing many of the modern synthetics in a marriage with natural fibers to create flies that work in heavily fished waters. He is currently the head guide and instructor for Royal Gorge Anglers in Canon City, Colorado and is a contract designer for the Idylwilde Fly Company in Portland, Oregon. He is also owner, operator of Larry’s Line, a commercial fly tying and material company.
Jim Klug: Founder and Director of Operations for Yellow Dog Flyfishing, L.L.C., Jim has worked in the fly fishing industry as a guide, sales rep, travel coordinator, and as National Sales Manager for Scientific Anglers and StreamWorks. He has guided extensively in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon, and has fished throughout the world. With a particular love of saltwater flats fishing, Jim spends a lot of time in the Caribbean, hosting groups and working with our network of lodges and guides. Jim’s articles, photographs, and cover shots have appeared in a number of publications and books. Jim is the primary copywriter for the Yellow Dog Flyfishing, L.L.C. catalogs and website.
Michael Mauri: The fish management technician caught his first fish at age six in a small stream in Bavaria.
Greg Mueller: I spend around 190 days on the river and I am as excited every time I hit the river as if it was the first time." Greg is an experienced North Platte head guide for the platte river fly shop with more than 16 years of guiding experience under his wading belt. He has been floating the North Platte for more than 20 years and knows the river very well.
Tim Patterson: Tim Patterson, owner of RIGS Fly Shop and Guide Service, has led fly fishing, rafting and Eco-tours throughout Central America, Mexico and the Southwestern U. S. since 1991. Patterson’s degree in Recreation Management from Prescott College set the stage for a career in adventure guiding and a passion for keeping tight lines on his home waters. “It’s not just about the fishing, it’s about the people,” Patterson says. “Our activities are a metaphor for life. They can teach patience, strategy, versatility and adapting to conditions.”
Steve Rajeff: When it comes to delivering long casts or dropping a fly on a dime, nobody in the world does it better than Steve Rajeff. Steve has dominated the world of competitive casting for over four decades. He has no less than 35 national and 14 world All Round Championships on his casting resume. Steve holds the current National Single Hand fly distance records at 243 feet. Also, using only a 5/8oz plug, he set the Two Hand casting distance record with a shot of 367 feet. Steve and his brother Tim were winning teammates in the first running of the Outdoor Life Network Flyfishing Masters Championship (trout fishing).
Steve Schweitzer: Steve has been part of the fly fishing retail and conservation industry for over 20 years, including a key position as the V.P. of Sales & Marketing at Whiting Farms, where he created the popular products "Bird Fur", "Fly Tyer's Variety Pack" and the "Whiting Hackle Gauge". He has also served as President of the Lee Wulff chapter and Treasurer of the Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited. Other behind-the-scenes involvement in the industry includes product marketing consulting for leading fly rod and fly tying tool manufacturers and being an off-n-on fly shop rat since the early 90's.
Jim Schollmeyer:
Jim Schollmeyer is a profession fly fishing photojournalist from Salem,
Oregon. Raised in North Dakota where he fished for bullhead, yellow
perch, and pike (one of his favorite fish), he picked up his first fly
rod in the late 60’s and since then has been chasing hatches, tying
flies to match them, and fishing for trout throughout the West. He sold
his first photograph (a picture of a March brown mayfly to Field and
Stream in 1981, was a guide on the Deschutes River in Oregon for 9
years, and is a Life Member of the FFF. He has written for most of the
fly fishing magazines and is the author of Hatch Guide for the
Deschutes River, Hatch Guide for Western Streams, Hatch Guide for Lakes,
Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques, and co-authored with Ted Leeson The Fly
Tier’s Benchside Reference, Tying Emergers, The Benchside Introduction
to Fly Tying and Flies for Western Super Hatches (available January 20120)
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!
Rick Takahashi: I had $.25 in my pocket when I entered that hardware store that stocked a few items of fishing tackle. I spent a long time looking at the various pieces of equipment, much as I do today, when I spotted a hook covered with feathers; my first fly. I purchased that beautiful fly but had no idea what so ever what you were supposed to do with it. I learned that the name of the fly was a Royal Coachman. I took that fly home and looked at it for several days. I finally decided that I needed to cut the thread at the head of the fly…out popped the hackle and from that very moment I knew I had to learn how to tie flies.
Dave Whitlock: Thirty-eight 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. Editors note: Dave is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Don't miss the chance to share some time with this great mentor of our sport!Home | Raleigh, NC | Denver, CO | Marlborough, MA | Pasadena, CA | Lancaster, PA | Pleasanton, CA | Somerset, NJ | Exhibitor Information | Contact Us |
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