Presenters, Tiers & Authors

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Updated 11/1/25

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Pat Dorsey, a native of Colorado, has been guiding for over 30 years. Pat Dorsey spends well over two hundred days a year on the water, a combination of guiding customers, hosting destination travel-trips, and personal days on the water. Pat Dorsey is the head guide and co-owner of the Blue Quill Angler fly shop in Evergreen, Colorado. He oversees and trains more than 25 guides, setting the standard for integrity and professionalism in the Blue Quill Angler guide operation. Dorsey also, maintains an online stream report that monitors stream flows and conditions for the Blue, Colorado, South Platte (Cheesman, Deckers, Spinney Mountain Ranch, and Elevenmile Canyon), North Fork of the South Platte, and Williams Fork Rivers. Pat Dorsey is a Simms Ambassador, a member of the Sage Elite Pro Team, Fishpond Ambassador, Orvis Pro Team Member, Yeti Pro staff, and Scientific Anglers pro staff. Pat is the Southwest Field Editor for Fly Fisherman Magazine. In 2005 he authored A Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River. In 2009 he authored Fly Fishing Tailwaters and, in 2010, a companion book to Fly Fishing Tailwaters hit the shelves, Tying and Fishing Tailwater Flies. In 2015 he authored Colorado Guide Flies. In 2020 Pat revised his book Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River and, in 2022, he released Favorite Flies for Colorado: 50 Essential Pattern from Local Experts. Pat Dorsey is an accomplished fly tier and has originated a number of very effective patterns such as the Mercury series, UV scud, Limeade, Cherry-Limeade, Paper Tiger, Top Secret Midge, Medallion Midge and the famed Black Beauty. Although Pat Dorsey no longer has the time to tie flies commercially, he once produced over 28,000 flies in a year. Dorsey is a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. His signature flies are available at the Blue Quill Angler and other specialty fly shop throughout the United States. Pat Dorsey is also a Pro Team Member for Whiting Farms. Many of his flies incorporate Whiting Farm products. Pat Dorsey is a nationally known speaker. He travels the United States sharing his passion for fly fishing at trade shows and private fishing clubs. He is very active in Trout Unlimited and the conservation of cold-water fisheries. Pat Dorsey is the proud father of three wonderful boys, Forrest, Zach, and Hunter. He is also blessed with two step children, Nicole and Michael Richardson. They, like their dad, enjoy fly fishing. His wife, Kim, is an avid angler and often appears with Pat at trade shows and other speaking engagements. Kim and Pat host a yearly trip to Alaska Sportman’s Lodge each September, Soaring Eagle Lodge in October, Nomadic Waters in Brazil in November, and Rio Manso Lodge (Patagonia) each April and December with a group of customers

Pat Dorsey, a native of Colorado, has been guiding for over 30 years. Pat Dorsey spends well over two hundred days a year on the water, a combination of guiding customers, hosting destination travel-trips, and personal days on the water. Pat Dorsey is the head guide and co-owner of the Blue Quill Angler fly shop in Evergreen, Colorado. He oversees and trains more than 25 guides, setting the standard for integrity and professionalism in the Blue Quill Angler guide operation. Pat also maintains an online stream report that monitors stream flows and conditions for the Blue, Colorado, South Platte (Cheesman, Deckers, Spinney Mountain Ranch, and Elevenmile Canyon), North Fork of the South Platte, and Williams Fork Rivers. Pat Dorsey is a Simms Ambassador, a member of the Sage Elite Pro Team, Fishpond Ambassador, Orvis Pro Team Member, Yeti Pro staff, and Scientific Anglers pro staff.

Pat is the Southwest Field Editor for Fly Fisherman Magazine. In 2005 he authored A Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River. In 2009 he authored Fly Fishing Tailwaters and, in 2010, a companion book to Fly Fishing Tailwaters hit the shelves, Tying and Fishing Tailwater Flies.  In 2015 he authored Colorado Guide Flies. In 2020 Pat revised his book Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River and, in 2022, he released Favorite Flies for Colorado: 50 Essential Pattern from Local Experts.

Pat Dorsey is an accomplished fly tier and has originated a number of very effective patterns such as the Mercury series, UV scud, Limeade, Cherry-Limeade, Paper Tiger, Top Secret Midge, Medallion Midge and the famed Black Beauty. Although Pat Dorsey no longer has the time to tie flies commercially, he once produced over 28,000 flies in a year. Dorsey is a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. His signature flies are available at the Blue Quill Angler and other specialty fly shop throughout the United States. Pat Dorsey is also a Pro Team Member for Whiting Farms. Many of his flies incorporate Whiting Farm products. Pat Dorsey is a nationally known speaker. He travels the United States sharing his passion for fly fishing at trade shows and private fishing clubs. He is very active in Trout Unlimited and the conservation of cold-water fisheries. Pat Dorsey is the proud father of three wonderful boys, Forrest, Zach, and Hunter. He is also blessed with two step children, Nicole and Michael Richardson. They, like their dad, enjoy fly fishing. His wife, Kim, is an avid angler and often appears with Pat at trade shows and other speaking engagements. Kim and Pat also host a yearly trip to Alaska Sportman’s Lodge each September, Soaring Eagle Lodge in October, Nomadic Waters in Brazil in November, and Rio Manso Lodge (Patagonia) each April and December with a group of customers

Eric Naguski has spent the last 40 years chasing trout around Pennsylvania with a fly rod in hand. He is the owner of Riseforms Fly Fishing guide service and also a guide for Relentless Flyfishing and TCO Flyshop. He currently lives and guides out of Boiling Springs, PA in the heart of the Cumberland Valley. Surrounded by its legendary Spring Creeks and their notoriously difficult trout. Eric is a bug geek and loves to dry fly fish. To him, sharing the experience of successfully presenting a dry fly to a picky rising fish with a client is most often more fun than doing it himself. Eric has a biology degree in aquatic ecology and is heavily involved in conservation activities in the Cumberland Valley as a board member of Cumberland Valley TU. He also finds the time to serve on the board of the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association working to preserve and promote the storied history of fly fishing in Pennsylvania. Eric enjoys fly fishing for saltwater fish and has caught fish on the fly from Massachusetts to Mexico, but his heart lies in the limestone streams of Pennsylvania.

Eric Naguski has spent the last 40 years chasing trout around Pennsylvania with a fly rod in hand. He is the owner of Riseforms Fly Fishing guide service and a guide for Relentless Flyfishing and TCO Flyshop. He currently lives and guides out of Boiling Springs, PA in the heart of the Cumberland Valley surrounded by legendary Spring Creeks and their notoriously difficult trout. Eric is a bug geek and loves to dry fly fish. To him, sharing the experience of successfully presenting a dry fly to a picky rising fish with a client is most often more fun than doing it himself.

Eric has a biology degree in aquatic ecology and is heavily involved in conservation activities in the Cumberland Valley as a board member of Cumberland Valley TU. He also finds the time to serve on the board of the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association working to preserve and promote the storied history of fly fishing in Pennsylvania. Eric enjoys fly fishing for saltwater fish and has caught fish on the fly from Massachusetts to Mexico, but his heart lies in the limestone streams of Pennsylvania.

Jake Villwock has been an industry professional for over 14 years. Growing up in a commercial fishing family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, fishing has been part of his life from day one – so it should come as no surprise that he has chosen a career in the fishing industry. After graduating from High Point University with a business degree, Jake worked as a deck hand and fly fishing guide in Sitka, Alaska. He spent the winters dog sledding in both Fairbanks, AK and Deep Creek, MD. Moving back to the east coast in 2009, Jake worked for TCO Fly Shop at the Reading, PA, and Bryn Mawr, PA locations. Jake has helped open and manage their newest location in Boiling Springs, PA. After 8 years as a full-time retail manager with TCO Jake decided to start his own business, Relentless Fly Fishing, which serves as a contract guide service for three of TCO Fly Shop’s locations. Jake guides in PA and NY for trout, smallmouth, and steelhead. He has a true passion for warmwater, it is hard to find him anywhere but a smallmouth river from early spring to late fall. When he is not rowing a boat, he is most likely crawling around a local spring creek chasing picky wild fish. In addition to guiding, Jake is the author of “Smallmouth Bass Flies Top to Bottom”, Fulling Mills Signature tier, blog-writer, contributor to Fly Fisherman magazine, and Eastern Fly Fishing magazine, and serves on various pro-staffs of leading industry companies such as Hatch Reels, Scientific Anglers, Simms Fishing, Clacka Craft Drift Boats, Scott Fly Rods, and Regal Vise. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Jake Villwock has been an industry professional for over 14 years. Growing up in a commercial fishing family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, fishing has been part of his life from day one – so it should come as no surprise that he has chosen a career in the fishing industry. After graduating from High Point University with a business degree, Jake worked as a deck hand and fly fishing guide in Sitka, Alaska. He spent the winters dog sledding in both Fairbanks, AK and Deep Creek, MD.

Moving back to the east coast in 2009, Jake worked for TCO Fly Shop at the Reading, PA, and Bryn Mawr, PA locations. Jake has helped open and manage their newest location in Boiling Springs, PA. After 8 years as a full-time retail manager with TCO Jake decided to start his own business, Relentless Fly Fishing, which serves as a contract guide service for three of TCO Fly Shop’s locations. Jake guides in PA and NY for trout, smallmouth, and steelhead. He has a true passion for warmwater, it is hard to find him anywhere but a smallmouth river from early spring to late fall. When he is not rowing a boat, he is most likely crawling around a local spring creek chasing picky wild fish. In addition to guiding, Jake is the author of “Smallmouth Bass Flies Top to Bottom”, Fulling Mills Signature tier, blog-writer, contributor to Fly Fisherman magazine, and Eastern Fly Fishing magazine, and serves on various pro-staffs of leading industry companies such as Hatch Reels, Scientific Anglers, Simms Fishing, Clacka Craft Drift Boats, Scott Fly Rods, and Regal Vise. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Dusty Wissmath grew up in Missouri, started fly fishing when he was eight years old, and spent his formative years highly distracted by the sport. He began guiding and teaching fly fishing in the early seventies while working on a degree in Wildlife Biology at the University of Wyoming. Living in Jackson after dropping out of law school, he tied commercially for High Country Flies and guided the Snake, Green and New Fork Rivers and in Yellowstone National Park.  In 1996 he founded the Dusty Wissmath Fly Fishing School & Guide Service in the hills near Mercersburg, PA where it quickly earned a reputation as a professional, yet easygoing fly fishing school. As well as directing his own school, he is an instructor at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing and served as the lead instructor at L.L. Bean’s Fly Fishing School in Virginia. He guides in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Montana and hosts trips to fly fishing destinations worldwide. Dusty is a Simms Guide Ambassador and a Pro Staff member of Scott Fly Rods, Hatch Reels, Hyde Drift Boats, ARC Fishing and a royalty tier for Holly Flies. His writing and photography can been found in several fly fishing publications. For additional information about his services please visit his website at: www.dwflyfishing.com.

Dusty Wissmath grew up in Missouri, started fly fishing when he was eight years old, and spent his formative years highly distracted by the sport. He began guiding and teaching fly fishing in the early seventies while working on a degree in Wildlife Biology at the University of Wyoming. Living in Jackson after dropping out of law school, he tied commercially for High Country Flies and guided the Snake, Green and New Fork Rivers and in Yellowstone National Park.  In 1996 he founded the Dusty Wissmath Fly Fishing School & Guide Service in the hills near Mercersburg, PA where it quickly earned a reputation as a professional, yet easygoing fly fishing school. As well as directing his own school, he is an instructor at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing and served as the lead instructor at L.L. Bean’s Fly Fishing School in Virginia. He guides in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Montana and hosts trips to fly fishing destinations worldwide.

Dusty is a Simms Guide Ambassador and a Pro Staff member of Scott Fly Rods, Hatch Reels, Hyde Drift Boats, ARC Fishing and a royalty tier for Holly Flies. His writing and photography can been found in several fly fishing publications. For additional information about his services please visit his website  www.dwflyfishing.com

Dennis Potter started tying over 30 years ago before fishing on the Ausable River in Northern Michigan.  He has spent 4 seasons at the Gates Ausable Lodge as a Fly Fishing Instructor and he still enjoys teaching fly tying instruction. His fly designs are fished extensively and with great success throughout the U.S. Dennis does have various Fly Tying Videos on the market and he is the owner of Riverhouse Fly Company.  You will be able to find him tying at the show, with his well known high resolution video tying Demo show. Dennis’s web site is www.riverhouseflyco.com.

Dennis Potter started tying over 30 years ago before fishing on the Ausable River in Northern Michigan.  He has spent 4 seasons at the Gates Ausable Lodge as a Fly Fishing Instructor and he still enjoys teaching fly tying instruction. His fly designs are fished extensively and with great success throughout the U.S. Dennis does have various Fly Tying Videos on the market and he is the owner of Riverhouse Fly Company.  You will be able to find him tying at the show, with his well known high resolution video tying Demo show. Dennis’s web site is www.riverhouseflyco.com.

Jerry Regan is a 3rd generation fly tier and one of the true keepers of Michigan’s Fly Fishing History. He is one of the best commercial fly tiers in the business. Just like Trout Unlimited, Jerry was born along the fabled Trout Waters of the Au Sable River near Grayling. As a kid he learned fly tying and fishing from Michigan’s Genuine Legends like Earl Madsen and Ernie Borcher. One thing unique for the patterns Jerry ties - he has never gone with the synthetics that have flooded the marketplace. Jerry has stuck with the original materials that walked and flew in Crawford County.

Jerry Regan is a 3rd generation fly tier and one of the true keepers of Michigan’s Fly Fishing History. He is one of the best commercial fly tiers in the business. Jerry was born along the fabled Trout Waters of the Au Sable River near Grayling. As a kid he learned fly tying and fishing from Michigan legends like Earl Madsen and Ernie Borcher. One thing is unique for the patterns Jerry ties - he has never gone with the synthetics that have flooded the marketplace. Jerry ties with the original materials that walk and fly in Crawford County.

Matt Zudweg aka “Zuddy” is from Newaygo, Michigan. He is a USCG Captain and has been guiding on the Muskegon River Since 2003 for Feenstra Guide Service. Matt is best known in the industry for his bass fly “Zudbubbler”, a modern version of the vintage Gerbubble Bug. When not on the water, he can usually be found in his studio creating artful balsa poppers. Matt’s website is www.boneyardflygear.com

Matt Zudweg aka “Zuddy” is from Newaygo, Michigan. He is a USCG Captain and has been guiding on the Muskegon River Since 2003 for Feenstra Guide Service. Matt is best known in the industry for his bass fly “Zudbubbler”, a modern version of the vintage Gerbubble Bug. When not on the water, he can usually be found in his studio creating artful balsa poppers. Matt’s website is www.boneyardflygear.com

Lance Kekel a Michigan native who now calls Rootstown, Ohio his home. He has been fly tying over 45 years ago. Today he ties commercially for shops in Ohio & Michigan. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2020 Norvise Fly Tying Competition, and an invited tyer at the International Fly-Tying Symposium in 2023 & 2024. He is a self-proclaimed dry fly junkie with an obsession for Michigan Hex and eastern limestone waters harboring Green Drakes. This is almost matched by his fascination with catching toothy fish on the fly. Lance continues to enjoy sharing his passion for tying and fishing through community and club involvement; to enjoy the local waters of Northeast Ohio.

Lance Kekel a Michigan native who now calls Rootstown, Ohio his home. He has been fly tying over 45 years ago.  Today he ties commercially for shops in Ohio & Michigan. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2020 Norvise Fly Tying Competition, and an invited tyer at the International Fly-Tying Symposium in 2023 & 2024. He is a self-proclaimed dry fly junkie with an obsession for Michigan Hex and eastern limestone waters harboring Green Drakes. This is almost matched by his fascination with catching toothy fish on the fly. Lance continues to enjoy sharing his passion for tying and fishing through community and club involvement; to enjoy the local waters of Northeast Ohio.

Todd A. Schotts is a custom production fly tier through Grizzly Flies by Schottsie located Southeastern Michigan. He is an active member of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club & Huron River Fishing Association. In 2015 he was awarded the Michigan Fly Fishing Clubs highest honor, “Volunteer of the Year”. He is is the current President of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club and past President and current Director of the Huron River Fishing Association,. Two flies he designed appeared in Eastern Fly-Fishing Magazine and five of his appeared in the spring issue of Fly Fusion Magazine. His passion is creating new amazing flies, being a Bass Bum, chasing Panfish in ponds & lakes, and chasing trout in spring creeks or headwaters of amazing waterways. He is on the Pro Staff with Anadromous Fly Company; Team Member (Pro Team) for Nor-vise, Pro Team for UV Craft and TFO Rods. You can contact Todd at GrizzlyFlies@yahoo.com or at Grizzly Flies by Schottsie on Facebook or Instagram.

Todd A. Schotts is a custom production fly tier through Grizzly Flies by Schottsie located Southeastern Michigan. He is an active member of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club & Huron River Fishing Association. In 2015 he was awarded the Michigan Fly Fishing Clubs highest honor, “Volunteer of the Year”. He is is the current President of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club and past President and current Director of the Huron River Fishing Association,.
Two flies he designed appeared in Eastern Fly-Fishing Magazine and five of his appeared in the spring issue of Fly Fusion Magazine. His passion is creating new amazing flies, being a Bass Bum, chasing Panfish in ponds & lakes, and chasing trout in spring creeks or headwaters of amazing waterways. He is on the Pro Staff with Anadromous Fly Company; Team Member (Pro Team) for Nor-vise, Pro Team for UV Craft and TFO Rods. You can contact Todd at GrizzlyFlies@yahoo.com or at Grizzly Flies by Schottsie on Facebook or Instagram.

J.R. Bass is from Sparta, Michigan and is originally from Rockford, Michigan. He has been in the sport of fly fishing for 25 years. His fly tying started about 8 years ago with tying nymphs, then he went to dries, to streamers, and then to wet flies. You can see his amazing and talented flies on various Facebook fishing and fly-tying pages.

J.R. Bass is from Sparta, Michigan and is originally from Rockford, Michigan. He has been in the sport of fly fishing for 25 years. His fly tying started about 8 years ago with tying nymphs, then he went to dries, to streamers, and then to wet flies. You can see his amazing and talented flies on various Facebook fishing and fly-tying pages.

An FFF Certified Casting Instructor, since retiring in 2004 as Chief of a full-time Metro Detroit Fire Department he’s been working at Gates Au Sable Lodge for over 20 years; he is the Head Instructor for their fly casting and fly-fishing schools and he can be found guiding on the days he’s not teaching.

Mark Hendricks, a retired full-time Metro Detroit Fire Department Chief, first started fishing the Au Sable & Manistee River systems in 1973. Mark is an FFF Certified Casting Instructor.  He has worked at Gates Au Sable Lodge for over 20 years.  Mark is the Head Instructor for the Lodge's fly casting and fly-fishing schools and he can be found guiding on the days he’s not teaching.

Mark is a six-time President of the Mason Griffith Founders Chapter of Trout Unlimited and currently serves on the Board of Directors for that chapter.  He is on the Au Sable Watershed Restoration Committee and serves as an advisor the Upper Manistee River Association. Mark also served five years on the Board of Directors for The Anglers of The Au Sable.

Steve Wascher caught his first Trout at the age of 3 ½, on a DRY FLY!! Steve is a third-generation tier from Greenhurst, NY; and received basic instructions and guidance from his father and his grandmother in regards to tying. Steve is a well-rounded tier, he enjoys all aspects of the art of fly tying; from creating a unique nymph, wet flies for steelhead, or his famed deer hair bugs for those Warmwater surprises. Besides tying, Steve guides during the summer months for a wide range of Warmwater species. He also enjoys writing articles, they have been published (along with his flies) in Hatches Magazine, American Angler and Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide. Steve is on the Pro Staff of Dyna King Vises and many others.

Steve Wascher caught his first Trout at the age of 3 ½, on a DRY FLY!! Steve is a third-generation tier from Greenhurst, NY; and received basic instructions and guidance from his father and his grandmother in regards to tying. Steve is a well-rounded tier, he enjoys all aspects of the art of fly tying; from creating a unique nymph, wet flies for steelhead, or his famed deer hair bugs for those Warmwater surprises. Besides tying, Steve guides during the summer months for a wide range of Warmwater species. He also enjoys writing articles, they have been published (along with his flies) in Hatches Magazine, American Angler and Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide. Steve is on the Pro Staff of Dyna King Vises and many others.

Alan “Al” Ritt grew up here in Michigan where his passion for fishing was born. In the early 80’s while living in Northern California, just after he started tying flies, he started fly fishing. In 1989 he moved to Northern Front Range of Colorado. In 2022 he got the highest honor a fly tyer can receive, he received the “FFI Buz Buszek Memorial Fly-Tying Award”. He is currently on the Pro-staff of Whiting Farms, PEAK Fishing, Flymen Fishing Company, Performance Flies, Clear Goo Glue, Fishing for a Cause, Performance Flies, Daiichi Hooks, and a fly designer for Montana Fly Company. Al is on the board of IFFF Fly Tying Governors and is also a guide on Colorado and Sylvan Dale Ranch just outside of Loveland. Besides with everything above, along with his articles in various magazines, he also published a book, “25 Best Most Versatile Flies”. Alan’s web site is: www.alrittflies.com

Alan “Al” Ritt grew up here in Michigan where his passion for fishing was born. In the early 80’s while living in Northern California, just after he started tying flies, he started fly fishing. In 1989 he moved to Northern Front Range of Colorado. In 2022 he got the highest honor a fly tyer can receive, he received the “FFI Buz Buszek Memorial Fly-Tying Award”. He is currently on the Pro-staff of Whiting Farms, PEAK Fishing, Flymen Fishing Company, Performance Flies, Clear Goo Glue, Fishing for a Cause, Performance Flies, Daiichi Hooks, and a fly designer for Montana Fly Company. Al is on the board of IFFF Fly Tying Governors and is also a guide on Colorado and Sylvan Dale Ranch just outside of Loveland. Besides with everything above, along with his articles in various magazines, he also published a book, “25 Best Most Versatile Flies”. Alan’s web site is: www.alrittflies.com

Kevin Ramsey, from Bellevue, Ohio, is a retired State of Ohio Wildlife Officer. Kevin is an avid fly tyer and fly fisher. He fishes for trout across the country and enjoys fishing for stripers on the beaches of Cape Cod. Kevin volunteers for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing and Trout Unlimited projects. He has been tying flies for 43 years, tying both trout and saltwater flies. Kevin ties and donates flies to several organizations for their fund-raising campaigns.

Kevin Ramsey, from Bellevue, Ohio, is a retired State of Ohio Wildlife Officer. Kevin is an avid fly tyer and fly fisher. He fishes for trout across the country and enjoys fishing for stripers on the beaches of Cape Cod. Kevin volunteers for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing and Trout Unlimited projects. He has been tying flies for 43 years, tying both trout and saltwater flies. Kevin ties and donates flies to several organizations for their fund-raising campaigns.

Bruce Derington took his first tying class in 1978 through a local high school evening course instructed by Hollis Holiday, and later through Challenge Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Bruce always been a Bass Guy, and one day while reading a Rod and Reel article written on Tim England (1985), on deer hair flies and the rest is history. He also became intrigued in Classic Atlantic flies in the mid 90’s and have enjoyed sitting at the vise for many hours it takes in construction of the Classic Atlantic flies. For Bruce it has been an endless road in search of the nest pattern to tie.

Bruce Derington took his first tying class in 1978 through a local high school evening course instructed by Hollis Holiday, and later through Challenge Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Bruce always been a Bass Guy, and one day while reading a Rod and Reel article written on Tim England (1985), on deer hair flies and the rest is history. He also became intrigued in Classic Atlantic flies in the mid 90’s and have enjoyed sitting at the vise for many hours it takes in construction of the Classic Atlantic flies. For Bruce it has been an endless road in search of the nest pattern to tie.

Cheryl Scherf, a school teacher in Cleveland Ohio, has been fly fishing and tying flies for seventeen years. Cheryl particularly enjoys tying striped bass flies, which she uses fishing the beaches of Cape Cod. Cheryl also ties trout flies and enjoys stream fishing for trout whenever she can. She has tied at several fly shows over the past several years.

Cheryl Scherf, a school teacher in Cleveland Ohio, has been fly fishing and tying flies for seventeen years. Cheryl particularly enjoys tying striped bass flies, which she uses fishing the beaches of Cape Cod. Cheryl also ties trout flies and enjoys stream fishing for trout whenever she can. She has tied at several fly shows over the past several years.

Rick Weisberg is from Hereford, Arizona. He is owner of and designer of Oasis Fly Tying Benches; plus, he is current President of San Pedro Fly Casters in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Rick built his first Oasis Bench in the late 1980’s. He began making benches full time in the summer of 1998. Rick has been a Guest Tyer at multiply Federations of Fly Fishers Conclaves, plus tying demos at a number of regional and local fly-tying fairs. He has been avid in teaching the sport of fly tying. Besides his fly-fishing endeavors, he is an accomplished musician. Rick will be doing something unique at the show as a Guest Tyer, he will be demonstrating his Oasis Dubbing Brush Table and how to make brushes properly with different materials and sizes. Rick’s website is www.oasisbenches.com.

Rick Weisberg is from Hereford, Arizona. He is owner of and designer of Oasis Fly Tying Benches; plus, he is current President of San Pedro Fly Casters in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Rick built his first Oasis Bench in the late 1980’s. He began making benches full time in the summer of 1998. Rick has been a Guest Tyer at multiply Federations of Fly Fishers Conclaves, plus tying demos at a number of regional and local fly-tying fairs. He has been avid in teaching the sport of fly tying. Besides his fly-fishing endeavors, he is an accomplished musician. Rick will be doing something unique at the show as a Guest Tyer, he will be demonstrating his Oasis Dubbing Brush Table and how to make brushes properly with different materials and sizes. Rick’s website is www.oasisbenches.com.