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

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]