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    of fly tying dates from the middle 1800s, fly tyers were engaged in tying flys since at least 200 AD. Helen Shaw, an American professional fly tyer, defined...
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  • Fly Tyer is an American magazine dedicated to the subject of fly tying, the art of tying materials to a hook for the purposes of fly fishing. Published...
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    "Jack" Gartside was an American fly tyer and fly fishing author. Considered one of the most talented and innovative fly tyers of the modern era, Gartside...
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    A.K. Best (category Fly fishing)
    production fly tyer, fly fisher, and angling writer. He was born in 1933 in Iowa and now lives in Colorado. He wrote for angling magazines like Fly Rod and...
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  • Megan Boyd (category Fly fishing)
    Rosina Megan Boyd BEM (29 January 1915 – 15 November 2001) was a British fly tyer most noted for her Atlantic salmon flies. She lived most of her adult life...
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    The Stimulator is a dry fly popularized by angler, fly tyer and author Randall Kaufmann to imitate large adult stoneflies. The Stimulator pattern is a...
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  • Tie the Master Fly-Tyer's Patterns A. K. Best's Advanced Fly Tying: The Proven Methods and Techniques of a Master Professional Fly Tyer--37 Important Patterns...
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    Dan Bailey (conservationist) (category Fly fishing)
    outline would then be hung on the fly shop wall. The first Wall Fish was caught by Gilbert Meloche, a young fly tyer in Dan's shop. The fish was a large...
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  • American Angler (category Fly fishing literature)
    also owns publications such as Gray's Sporting Journal, Fly Tyer, and the also defunct Saltwater Fly Fishing. Collectively, these magazines are referred to...
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    Woolly Bugger pattern was believed to have been created by Pennsylvania fly tyer Russell Blessing as early as 1967 to resemble a hellgrammite, or dobsonfly...
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    (American TV series), 2018 continuing Dan Bailey, renowned fly tyer and owner of Dan Bailey's Fly Shop Arthur Blank, owner of Paradise Valley Pop Stand and...
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    have persisted over time. However, fly designers and amateur or professional fly tyers are free to create any fly they choose and to give it any name...
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    Drew Chicone (category Fly fishing)
    his patterns and fly tying instructions have appeared in fishing and fly tying magazines including USA Today Hunt & Fish, Fly Tyer, Fly Life Magazine and...
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    selling dry flies since its creation. In 1922, Leonard Halladay, a Michigan fly tyer conceived the Adams as a general mayfly imitation. It was first fished...
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    Elk Hair Caddis (category Dry fly patterns)
    The Elk Hair Caddis is a dry fly commonly used for trout fishing. The Elk Hair Caddis was created by Pennsylvania fly tyer Al Troth in 1957. He is considered...
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  • Paul H. Young (category Fly rod makers)
    Arkansas, 1890 – d. Michigan, April 28, 1960) was a master bamboo fly rod maker, fly tyer and fly fishing innovator. The work of Paul Young is greatly admired...
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  • Traverse City. In 1922, Leonard Halladay, a Michigan fly tyer from Mayfield, conceived the popular Adams Fly as a general mayfly imitation. It was first fished...
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  • cost and tying time. The streamer was first tied in 1924 by commercial fly tyer Carrie G. Stevens of Madison, Maine. She was the wife of Maine fishing...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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    Richard, grew up in Gardiner and became an accomplished professional fly tyer and fly fishing guide while working for his father in the business. In 1966...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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  • (1906-2008): fly tyer, environmentalist, founder". 18 December 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-30. Schullery, Paul, ed. (2007). "Introduction". Halford and the Dry Fly. Mechanicsburg...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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  • Megan Boone (born 1983), American actress Megan Boyd (1915–2001), British fly tyer Megan Boyle (born 1985), American writer and filmmaker Megan Bozek (born...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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  • Charlotte Destination Alaska Equestrian Retailer Equine Veterinary Management Fly Tyer Georgia Trend Gray's Sporting Journal Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar The Horsetrader...
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    Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. Sara Jane McBride, entomologist and early woman fly tyer, was born in Mumford and lived in Caledonia. Elizabeth Smith Miller, women's...
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  • type artificial fly used in fly fishing. It was created by John Barr of Boulder, Colorado in the 1990s. It is popular amongst fly tyers and numerous variations...
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  • Gray's Sporting Journal (category Fly fishing literature)
    Communications, which also owns publications such as American Angler, Fly Tyer, and Saltwater Fly Fishing. The company acquired Gray's Sporting Journal in 1989...
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