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| At the 2017 Wasatch Fly Tying and Fishing Expo |
am not going to sit here and tell you that I am a professional fly tier/fly fisherman or that I am on this “Pro Staff” or that “Pro Team” because at the time of this writing, I am not. Nor, am I going to tell you that I fish a hundred days out of the year; although, I wish I could. And I am most definitely not going to sit here and tell you that I have flies that are distributed by the many fly fishing manufactures in the market today; at least, not yet. What I am going to tell you is that, I am simply a man who is extremely passionate about tying flies and fishing them when I get the chance.
Fishing has been an essential part of my life since I was very young. My Dad started me out at a young age. It is part of who I am. With the exception of a few years I have been tying flies since I was sixteen years old. I became passionate about tying flies in 2013 after my Dad lost a long hard battle to cancer. I used my new found passion as a way to get my mind off of things and get away.
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| Bunny Hoppers |
For years, the only flies I tied were the
Peacock Nymph, the
Adams dry fly and, the
Bunny Hopper. These flies covered everything I needed while fly fishing so I didn’t see the need to learn other techniques or patterns. Now I tie almost any pattern that grabs my attention and others I think are my own developments. There are so many patterns out there that you never really know if you actually created a new pattern or not.
My favorite of these hopeful developments is my Bruski pattern, which I will eventually share when I feel the time is right. The Bruski is a heavy nymph I designed to sink quickly to attract deeper fish in Stillwater. It was also designed to grab the attention of fish in deep pools of fast moving rivers and streams.
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| My favorite fly - The Copper John |
My favorite fly is the
Copper John. There is something about the flash of the Copper John that I find just as irresistible as trout do. My favorite place to fish is Pyramid Lake near Reno, NV and although I haven’t fished it a lot, the urge to catch a Giant Lahontan Cutthroat is one that drives me to learn more about fishing it.
I hope that I can offer flies, techniques and information that I have found interesting and that I can share it with others in a way that entices them to sit at a vise and tie flies or to get out and fish.
