novabass 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 On my blog I am highlighting fly tiers everywhere, but I'm not aware of very many in the western part of the United States. I know there are a lot of talented individuals over that way, I'm just not having any luck finding them so far. So I wondered if you guys could help me with some names? Hopefully I'll be able to find contact information from that point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imx 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 how far west..i'm in oregon about an hr and a half from the pacific ocean...or are you thinking montana, wyoming etc.? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
novabass 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 how far west..i'm in oregon about an hr and a half from the pacific ocean...or are you thinking montana, wyoming etc.? Yes, anywhere over there. Montana, Wyoming, etc. Right now I have a good list of tiers in the Midwest. Actually, I could use more in the south too, now that I think about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 from the south you might try Fred Hannie, Kirk Dietrich, Bud Guidry as for out west try Ronn Lucas,and Carl Old Hat not sure about his geographical location but Ray letumgo Tucker is a great tier that should be profiled Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planettrout 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 There are a whole lot of Western tiers...some of them include: Craig Matthews Kelly G. Glissmeyer Walter Wiese Doug Korn Denny Rickards Al and Gretchen Beatty Charlie Craven Pat Dorsey Andy Kim Greg Vinci Aileen Nishimura Ellis Willy Self Tracy Petersen Dave Hughes Ted Leeson Jim Schollmeyer Rick Takahashi Guy Jeans Dean Endress Phil Rowley Tim Tollett Tom Loe Mike Mercer Mike Lawson Ken Morish Rene Harrop Bob Jacklin ...the list is endless check out: Montana Fly CO http://www.montanafly.com/designers/Designers.html Solitude Fly CO http://www.solitudefly.com/flies.aspx Idylwilde Flies http://www.idylwilde.com/html/featured_tiers.php Pacific Fly Group http://www.pacificfly.com/products_cat.aspx?cat=Flies Umpqua http://umpqua.com/products/flies Steve Schalla's site: http://stevenojai.tripod.com/flybox.htm Hans Weilenmann's site: http://www.danica.com/flytier/ THAT ought to be a START... There are a couple of those guys who post here...one would be that flytier character...who came from CO and now lives back East: http://www.danica.com/flytier/nfrechette/nfrechette.htm PT/TB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLD BUD 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 Rich Pilatzke @ [email protected] .One of the best & most generous with charties.All around nice guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Istripbuggers 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 I live in north Lake Tahoe in California, two very inspiring tiers for me where Andy Burk andyburk.com and Ralph and Lisa Cutter flyline.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Istripbuggers 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 I guess that would be 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2012 On my blog I am highlighting fly tiers everywhere, but I'm not aware of very many in the western part of the United States. I know there are a lot of talented individuals over that way, I'm just not having any luck finding them so far. So I wondered if you guys could help me with some names? Hopefully I'll be able to find contact information from that point. Rob Weiker at Lakestream http://www.lakestream.com/category/fly-tying-videos/ Mike Kuhnert at Headhunters http://www.headhuntersflyshop.com/ Barrett Christiansen at Caddisflyshop http://www.caddisflyshop.com/ Hans Stephenson at Dakota Anglers http://www.flyfishsd.com/ any of the guys from BigR Flyshop http://www.bigrflyshop.com/fly-tying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigdewy 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2012 Don't forget Jack Dennis(Jackson Hole, Wyoming), Phil Rowley and Brian Chan (both B.C.). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaydub 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2012 John Shewey, Skip Morris, Dave McNeese, Stu Farnam, Henry Hoffman, Randall Kaufmann................ Or check here: NW Fly Tiers Expo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hopperfisher 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2012 Charlie Craven, Denver, CO Super nice guy, renowned flytyer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spinninBugs 0 Report post Posted December 8, 2012 Scott Sanchez... Jackson, WY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
afidbfishing 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2012 jon barr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EzGoing 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 http://nwexpo.com/featured_tyers.php I would add Joe Howell. There many more... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites