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Monday, March 14, 2011

Goldstock's Fly Tyers Expo....3-13-11

This is one of my favorite smaller events of the year. I got my start tying at expos here. The staff are the friendliest, down to earth people you will ever meet, a few of them being extremely knowledgeable fly anglers as well. This show brings in the top tyers in the region, including Bob Mead, Dave Brandt, Alex Cerviniak and Rich Bogardus to name a few. I came with some game, a couple of new displays to show off some deer hair creations...

Me hard at work....



This display will be at Wiley's Flies for viewing. Vince Wilcox is building a fly tyer's museum at his shop in the Adirondacks. I was graciously invited to be a part of it...



A closeup of the hummingbird...



This is my other display of some Punk Rockers...



These were a few smaller divers I brought to the show...These are tied on 1/0 hooks. They are my small mouth go to top water divers...



The show was excellent. I made some new friends, saw some old friends and had a great time...My fly collection grew a little and my boxes shrank a bit. Until next year...

Tight lines and screaming reels....

6 comments:

  1. Pat those flies are ridiculous. I'm blown away by how awesome they are.

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  2. everytime I see a picture of you, you look different! Great job on the flies they are always amazing

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  3. I agree with Dustin, but I just figure you test new techniques out on your beard and head, before they hit the vise!

    Great work! I wish I could have been to the event, but it's a bit out of the "quick trip" range for me, and getting a day pass was not going to happen.

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  4. Great great flies. Can you send me a link to where you get your wide range of colors of deer hair? here in MT can find the standards but not a ll the great colors you get. Thanks a ton and lookforward to hearing from you as well as reading you blog. Guidedflies@gmail.com

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  5. haha...my head always stays shaved...the beard..well....that changes by the week....

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  6. You are a tattoo artist right? Have you thought about posting your tats and the story behind them. Those things always interest me

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