Davy Wotton first hooked into a trout in the early 1950’s on the family farm in Canterbury, Kent, UK.  While at school he was given fly tying material which further […]

Joe Messinger, Sr.,1892-1966, was a resourceful and talented fly tier who experienced serious war injuries and was told that he’d be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his […]

While growing up Kevin was influenced by his father Don R. Howell a nationally recognized fly tier and Rod Builder, Kevin Also garnered knowledge from his Uncle Dwight G. Howell […]

Jim Estes was born on January 21, 1944 in Sylva, North Carolina. He is a fifth-generation resident of Deep Creek in Bryson City North Carolina where he has lived for […]

Walter Oliver Cary hails from Strasburg, Virginia. He entered military service at a young age, enlisting in the U. S. Army and seeing overseas duty during 1951-52 in the Korean […]

Walter Babb was born in Lenoir City, Tennessee and lives in Sweetwater, Tennessee. He is the originator of the Smoky Mountain Candy,  a Wulff-like fly pattern that is highly effective […]