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For around ten years we have been offering our customers, on Saturdays in the Winter, Free Fly Tying Demonstrations. Most of the exhibitors are from this area. They tie flies for four hours between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. We have chairs around the tables, we serve good coffee and it is just a great way to spend a Saturday during the winter. You can also relax by the fire and talk to your friends. There are usually one or two people tying at different locations in the store so you can move around from station to station to see different techniques and hear fishing stories about the flies. It’s a good idea to stop by even if you don’t tie flies. Maybe you are thinking about learning to tie. You can see how it’s done and make a decision whether to tie or not. There is one catch. If roads are bad due to the weather we may have to cancel one at the last minute. We don’t want the tyers or you to get hurt. If the roads seem questionable, just call the store or check this page on our website before you come. We hope you come spend a Saturday with us this winter. Or even better, come every Saturday.
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Saturday January 12th, 2008 - 10:00 am til 2:00pm |
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Walter Babb Walter is someone you probably all know about or know personally. He has been part of the Little River Outfitters family since day one. He grew up fly fishing the Smokies and Tellico River area since he was a kid. His father was also an avid fly fisherman so Walter came about it honestly. Walter has actually tied and sold his flies for almost fifty years. His trout flies are beautiful. He started our fly tying classes and he has developed an intermediate and advanced class with his buddy, Brian Courtney. Walter has lately begun making split cane fly rods. They are beautiful. |
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Rex Wilson Rex lives in Candler, North Carolina. He has been tying flies for over 35 years and he was introduced to the art by a well known tyer named Frank Coffee. Rex ties beautiful mountain trout patterns. |
Saturday January 26th, 2008 - 10:00 am til 2:00pm |
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Tim Ivey Tim is a self taught tyer, who has been tying for about 25 years. Tim has been a member of the Whiting Farms Pro-Team for the past two years. He has tied at various Trout Unlimited Events, Federation of Fly Fishers Events, and the Shallow Water Expo Shows. Tim Began tying flies commercially about five years ago, and he is currently tying for four different shops located in Georgia, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Tim spends approximately 75 to 80 days per year fly fishing for trout in all parts of the country. He is very familiar with aquatic insects and life cycles, and tying their imitations. |
Saturday February 2nd, 2008 - 10:00 am til 2:00pm |
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Mike Adams
Mike is a professional guide and pastor from Bluff City, Tennessee. He and his fellow guides specialize on the Watauga, Toe, Nolichuky and Holston River. Mike is an excellent fly tyer and angler. He tied here for the first time at Fly Tyers Weekend 2005. There was a lot of interest in what he tied and also in his fly fishing advise. His website is adamsflyfishing.com. Check it out and come see him at the store January 21st. |
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John Thurman John is an old friend of ours. He started fly fishing in the mid-1950’s. He likes to tie tailwater trout flies. However he also loves saltwater fly fishing and ties those flies too. He favors fishing large Eastern and Western tailwaters but also has a passion for spring creeks, especially in the state where he was raised, Wisconsin. He is also an avid wingshooter. He has demonstrated here at the shop and also tied at Fly Tyer’s Weekend in 2004. He is a very active member in the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited which is famous for their beginner fly tying classes. Don’t miss spending some time with John. |
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The Dubbing Teasers - Bill Boyd Jr., Bill Boyd Sr. and Wendy Williams You’ve probably heard of them. They are from Dayton, Tennessee. Bill Jr. and His dad have tied here and at both Fly Tyer’s Weekends. They are not only excellent fly tyers but they always put on a great show. Wendy, a friend of theirs tied at Fly Tyer’s weekend last year. Before that she helped the Boyds with their video and show equipment. We aren’t kidding, they put on a show. You will probably see some live nymphs, contraptions they invented for tying and you will see some tying skill. Bill Sr. started teaching fly tying in the early 60’s and brought his son into the craft as soon as he was old enough to hold a bobbin. Bill Jr. is a writer for Fly Fish America Magazine. He writes product reviews. |
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Saturday February 16th, 2007 - 10:00 am til 2:00pm |
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David Carson David is a professional printer who lives in Knoxville. David’s sons bought him a gift certificate to take a fly tying class here at the store several years ago. David loved his first introduction into fly tying. His skills progressed and he showed a propensity toward innovation. He has come up with some really good flies, many of them time consuming but worth it. His realistic spiders are a favorite of customers and a fascinating fly to watch being created. David is currently working on the establishment of the East TN Federation of Fly Fishers. You will enjoy a day with David. www.ontheflygsm.com |
Saturday February 23rd, 2007 - 10:00 am til 2:00pm |
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Jeff Barrett Jeff Barrett graduated in 2004 from Yellowstone Outfitters & Guide Academy at the Orvis Indorsed Hubbards Yellowstone Lodge. He continued to build on that experience by starting his own fly fishing guide service called JLB Outfitters. JLB Outfitters focusses on the beginning fly fisher and offers beginning casting lessons as well as beginning fly fishing classes. JLB Outfitters offers guided trips on the Elk or Caney Fork Rivers. Jeff has been a member of the Cumberland Trout Unlimited Chapter, Middle Tennessee Fly Fishers and the Federation of Fly Fishers since moving to Tennessee in 1998. He has served as the Middle Tennessee Fly Fishers president for the last three years. |
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Hugh Hartsell Hugh lives in Jefferson City, Tennessee. He has been fly fishing the waters of East Tennessee and the Smokies, North Carolina and many parts of Arkansas and Yellowstone National Park for all of his adult life. He has fished and trained with some of the best tyers and fishermen that live on the Tennessee side of the Smokies. He also trained with well known fly tyer, A.K. Best. He has been tying his own flies since he was 14 years old. Hugh and his wife Carolyn are guides working in the Smokies and many other tailwaters such as the South Holston, Holston and Clinch Rivers. Hugh will tie mountain stream patterns and also tailwater favorites. |
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