I grew up in Northern New Jersey when it was still rural in many areas offering many opportunities to flyfish. My tying
started about in the late 1940's when materials were a catch it yourself endevor, no one being available to teach me tying
I learned my craft in a vacuum developing a very personal style. After a three year stint in the Army ending in 1956 my tying
stopped for a while to raise a family and persue a career as an airline mechanic. About 20 years ago I went back to tying
this time trying tube flies, a concept which intrigued me although there was little or no written material on the subject
( again tying in a vacuum which developed the philosophy I work under today ). In June of 1995 I retired from the airline
industry, moved to Missouri to persue a full time custom tying career.
My Tying Philosophy
Let's face facts, fishing trips are expensive, some up to $10,000 for a premier Atlantic salmon fishery. Certainly if you
pay a lot of money for a once in a life time trip you dont want to go with flies that are inadaquite to the job, either wrong
or of poor quality. To make it simple I use three words to describe my products, correct and absolute quality. Only the finest
materials ,much of which is imported from England, are used in the construction of my flies. I've had several customers tell
me,"I've lost flies but never broke any yet", which is exactly the idea I had in mind when I started tying. If you
are looking for the best flies to fish Alaska , Russia, or in fact any place you think you might want to try and use tube
flies, contact me and I'll let you know if what I have or can tie be of use on your next trip
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