Fly Fishing, Fly Tying & Project Healing Waters

I've been fly fishing since I was 14. That's 34 years. I'm always learning something new and always seeking out new water to test myself against.

I began learning fly fishing from one of my Scouting leaders who tied his own flies and began learning to tie flies in 1994. After an unfortunate event of losing all my tying materials and gear in 1996, I finally bought just enough materials and basic tools to get "back in the saddle" and today, thousands of flies and fish caught on my own creations, the fire still burns as brightly as it ever did for this sport that is as much about solitude and recharging (as Steven Covey always said "sharpening the saw") as it is about the thrill of catching a new personal best or a first catch of a new species. I look forward to sharing some of my adventures and a few of the basics of the sport and its attendant accessories, with my fellow Rotarians