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Walter Babb - Sweetwater, Tennessee Walter enjoys tying and fishing Southern Appalachian and Catskills flies. He is known as a master nymph and wet fly fisherman. And, we consider him a walking fly fishing encyclopedia. He remembers even the most miniscule details about cane rod builders and fly tyers. Walter began making bamboo rods about 10 years ago. He makes his beautiful rods to sell and always has a waiting list of anxious customers. Additionally, Walter has taught and still teaches beginner fly fishing classes as well as beginner, intermediate and advanced fly tying classes at Little River Outfitters. He has been teaching here for over 15 years. Byron |
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Anthony Barnette – Lexington, North Carolina |
![]() | Jeff Barrett – Franklin, Tennessee Jeff enjoys tying soft hackles, midges, and streamers. He enjoys working with beginners as well as veterans of the sport. |
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Brian Batka - Chattanooga, Tennessee |
![]() | Reid Benton – Madison, Alabama Retired Navy Commander (30 years service) as a Fixed-Wing and Helicopter pilot. Retired program manager for Lockheed Martin Corp on US Navy's AEGIS program. Started fly fishing as a boy in Georgia, fishing for anything (mostly bluegills) then chasing freshwater and saltwater fish for the last 50 years in earnest and remains an avid trout fisherman. I have fished most of the streams in the northeast, southeast and many in the west as well. Tying flies for the last 40 years. Fortunate enough to receive instruction from some of the great fly tiers in our country. I am the fly tying instructor for the Tennessee Valley Fly Fishing Club in Huntsville, Alabama. Demonstration Tier for the FFF Southeast and Southern section. Also Sow Bug Roundup in Mountain Home, AR. Presently full time retired in Madison, Alabama and enjoying life. |
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![]() | Bill Boyd Jr. - Dayton, Tennessee |
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![]() | Bill Boyd Sr. - Dayton, Tennessee He is also known for tying the “Toilet Tank Floater” , “Knack’s Mudbug” (Crawfish Pattern) and Striking Dragonfly Patterns. He is interested in combining natural and synthetic materials to produce strike- triggering elements in his flies. In addition to being known for his inventive fly tying techniques, Knack’s mechanical inventions are often conversation pieces. His “Natural Light Simulator,” that demonstrates how changing light actually produces color changes in nymphs under water, has been received with great interest and enthusiasm. |
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![]() | Sindy Boyles - Clinton, Tennessee |
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Jim Brady - Greensboro, NC He moved to North Carolina in 1988 and added largemouth bass, striped bass, false albacore, American shad and hickory shad to his resume. If it will eat a fly, he’ll chase it. He has taught fly tying for many years and is an active member of the Nat Greene Flyfishers in Greensboro, NC. |
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![]() | Herb Broegmann- Mooresville, North Carolina I retired and moved from up North to Gods country in the South. North Carolina. I started to fly fish , tie flies and build my own Graphite fly rods after a very long hiatus up North. I’ve learned from many talented fly fishers and tiers in our area and enjoy passing on what I learned to beginners of our sport. |
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Steve Brown - Oak Ridge, Tennessee His specialty seems to be soft hackled flies, although he will try almost any fly. |
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Glen "Catch" Coemier - Boyce, Louisiana Some 32 years ago, Catch made the conversion from bass angler to hard-core flyfisher. A few years later, he discovered kayak fishing and has been mostly paddling for fish ever since. For 18 years he's been the fly fishing columnist for Louisiana Sportsman magazine, and for several years was kayak fishing reporter for "Outdoors With Don Dubuc" weekly radio show. He maintains the only website dedicated to Louisiana fly fishing (laflyfish.com). He’s an FFI Certified Casting Instructor, and has taught leisure classes on fly fishing and fly tying at LSU. He's currently president of Kisatchie Fly Fishers, and has served as president or officer for CCA-Louisiana, FFI Gulf Coast Council and many others. Catch will be tying a few of his favorite flies, some his own creation that have been featured in books and magazines. |
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![]() | Ted Crona - Scottsboro, Alabama He is a member of Fly Fishers International, Tennessee Valley Fly Fishers and Trout Unlimited. Although he specializes in old 1800’s classic flies, he also has created many other flies. He also supports Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters. |
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![]() | Jack Cummings - Charlotte, North Carolina I’ve been tying for most of that 30 years, especially when I lived in Michigan with its long, cold winters. Since I became part of a human migration, this time to a saner climate a dozen years ago or so I tie to teach, fill my fly boxes and to exercise my creative side. I am past President and founding member of the Carolina Fly Fishing Club and currently the VP of Education. I am also an iFFF Certified Casting Instructor since 2004 and enjoy the sport and art of fly casting and sharing that with those who want to learn more about it and other casting geeks (Like Gary Jones) who like to learn off each other. |
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Will Davis - Alcoa, Tennessee Will got into fly tying and fishing a few years ago after attending Trout Camp in the Smokies and is an avid euro nympher. He loves to tie tactical/euro nymphing flies, but also enjoys traditional dry flies. One of his favorites is the Stimulator or any Catskill style dry. Will loves to come up with new patterns and loves to change existing ones to fit his needs for fishing. |
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Roger Duckworth - Ooltewah, Tennessee Articles published in FLY TYER MAGAZINE, GLOBAL FLYFISHER, AND SOUTHERN TROUT MAGAZINE. SOUTHERN TROUT MAGAZINE FLY TIER OF THE QUARTER IN 2017. Primarily tie “match the hatch” flies focused on the East Coast including BWO, Sulphers, Quill Gordon’s, March Brown, Caddis, dry Stoneflies, and midges. I also invented and teach an easy method for making extended body flies. Primarily fish rivers in WV and tail waters in TN. I teach a detailed class on “Tailwater Flies” to TU and to PHWFF. |
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Dave Duffy - Norman, Oklahoma Dave Duffy has been tying flies since 1960 when his grandfather showed him how to make a Wooly Worm.
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![]() | Kieran Frye - Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania “Kieran has been tying flies since 1980. He enjoys teaching young and old alike. He has won numerous fly tying awards both here in the USA and abroad. His most notable is the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open Fly Tying Championships held in Oslo Norway. He resides in Mt. Pleasant Pa with his wife Kim and their black lab Max.” |
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![]() | Clayton Gist - Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Steve Gregg - Talbott, Tennessee I am married and have a daughter and 2 granddaughters that I one day hope to be able to teach to tie and fly fish. Their mother has gone fly fishing with me for years and I cherish those father/daughter fishing trips. |
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![]() | Jack Gregory – Walland, Tennessee Jack Gregory’s grandfather moved his family from Cades Cove to Walland, Tennessee when Great Smoky Mountains National Park was formed. His wife’s family lived in Cades Cove as well. Jack held on to his ancestors love of the mountains and Jack became an accomplished hunter and fly fisherman at an early age. He fly fished in the Smokies whenever he got the chance which was often throughout his younger days and he continues today. He spent his vacations for years in Yellowstone National Park, for a month at a time, learning to fish the rivers there. He has a keen sense of trout behavior and he can see fish better than anyone I know. His primary targets here are large Smokies brown trout and smallmouth bass in the lowland rivers and lakes. His saltwater adventures take him to Florida where he fly fishes for tarpon and redfish. Other than wade fishing for trout in streams, his second love is catching permit in Belize. Jack is an excellent fly tyer. He is the best fly fisherman I have ever fished with. You will enjoy your time with Jack. Byron |
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![]() | Dave Harrell – Clinton, Tennessee Dave currently works as a Natural Resource Manager for Tennessee Valley Authority-with a background in wildlife/fisheries management and outdoor recreation. Dave began fly tying in 1994, after taking a beginning fly tying course at the Creel in Knoxville. He has developed several of his own patterns. The Harrell's Sulfur Soft- Hackle was published in a Trout South newsletter with a feature on soft-hackle flies. Dave has a passion for instructing. He has conducted several fly tying demonstrations at TU chapter meetings. Dave is a lead instructor in the Clinch River Trout Unlimited Chapter's annual beginners fly tying course. Likewise, co-instructing for fly tying classes for Project Healing Waters. Dave and his wife Melissa teach a fly fishing course for Roane State Community College. |
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Melissa Harrell – Clinton, Tennessee |
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Anthony Hipps - Lexington, North Carolina |
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Dan Jackman - Louisville, Kentucky |
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Brandon Jackson - Bug Tussle, Alabama |
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