There is nothing better, than catching them on your terms!
My story
I came into Fly Fishing with the sole intent of finally catching a Canadian Pike! Kinda a weird, and long story, but from the very beginning I have always been after Esox on the Fly and have taken to Streamer Fishing as a way of life chasing literally anything that will eat some meat! I gravitated to Fly Tying as soon as I had a fly rod in my hand a realized I could create my own lures. The accessibility of fly tying (compared to pouring plastics, or jig molds, or carving wood plugs ect…) immediately fascinated me. Since the beginning of my fly-fishing journey (age 15) I can count the number of fish on one hand that I have caught with a commercially available fly, okay, maybe two hands, but that is no longer stretching the truth!
Driven by passion
I have ALWAYS wanted to be apart of the creative process, weather that is hyper-creativeness or extreme stubbornness can be determined later, but I have been obsessed with fishing MY flies, and I am simply not willing to budge in that regard. I love chasing angry fish, weather that is a Brutal eat from a Big Peacock Bass, or a top water blow up from a Smallmouth, or a crazy boat side eat on the Figure 8 from a Monster Sized Musky – Streamer Tying and Fishing allows me to do it all and do it all over the world without compromise.
Years of Commercial Tying
When I started my business, I really had no idea what I was doing, and that’s still true for the most part… but it provided me the awesome opportunity to dedicate thousands of hours to the craft! Those thousands of hours were filled with frustrations and failures, and are by no means ended! BUT, teaching others and helping them overcome the same frustrations I had is one of my greatest joys, and is the true motivation behind all the YouTube videos - making the content I wish I had when I was struggling to tie the flies I wanted to tie!
My Hope
My hope in all of this is that you will be encouraged in your fly tying, that you won’t get sucked into following a bunch of rules or be limited by “rights / wrongs”, but instead simply enjoy Trying new things, and “playing the game” with no one other than you, and the fish! That is how fly tying and fly fishing are supposed to be, and everyone’s “game” looks different. Hopefully I am able to help you find the one you enjoy most, and can encourage you to pursue it with confidence and joy while you get it all figured out!
