MAY 23RD & 24TH 2025 AT THE MAGGIE VALLEY FESTIVAL GROUNDS
BILL JEWETT- FLY TYING SANTA
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
Fly Tyers
Bob Nanney
Started tying in the late 50s and have been tying ever since. Learned from a high school principal by going to this house after school to watch him tie and learn.. In the early day we didn't much in the way of tools, my hackle pliers were clothes pin sharpened on the end, my vise came from Herters.
Alot has changed but the flies are still the same. The thing that has changed for me is my health , arthritis in my hands and macular degeneration has compromised my eye sight, so I tie the easier ones and have given up on dry flies....can't see them to fish with anyway.Guess I'll tie til I die....Bob Nanney
Rex Wilson
My name is Rex Wilson and I Live in Candler, NC. I have been fly fishing for about 60 years. I have been tying flies for 50 plus years. I met Frank Coffee, a master tyer of trout flies many years ago and he taught me to tie flies. I have tied flies at the 1998 National Conclave and FFF Conclaves in Alabama, Georgia and many other Conclaves over the years.
My stone fly is on display at the fly fishing museum in Bryson City, North Carolina.
JOHN BRANDOW
Hi all, my name is John Brandow. I have been fly fishing for about 7 years now, mostly in Western North Carolina. I have been tying my own flies for about 6 years. It's a great feeling to hook a trout with a fly you have tied. I am originally from Florida, when I was a kid, I mostly fished for largemouth bass then later I moved to saltwater fishing. I have to say I truly love being out on a stream fly fishing for either a big stocker or a wild trout on small water....
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