The American Museum of Fly Fishing will host a series of four fly tying lessons designed to start from the beginning and take you through to some more advance patterns. Supplies will be available, if needed. Limited space is available and advanced registration is recommended. January 14 – BEGINNERS - George Butts will start at square one. He will show you the tools you’ll need and explain the nomenclature and various parts to a fly. Then, he will take you step-by-step through the tying process for you to create your own fly and will teach you the Maple Syrup and the Wooly Bugger patterns. George is a Vermont native and is a long time member of the Green Mountain Fly Tyers. He regularly teaches fly tying to local Boy & Girls Club members and Boy Scout troops from his home in Chittenden, Vermont. January 28 – ADVANCED BEGINNER - Our instructor will warm you up with a simple beginner pattern of a black ant or a beetle and you’ll then progress to more intermediate streamer pattern. Exact instructor to be determined. February 11 – INTERMEDIATE Kelly Bedford will show you the steps to create the Gartside Sparrow, named as a group of them looks like a flock of sparrows. This little known and versatile fly was first tied by Jack Gartside twenty-five years ago who was looking to create a fly that could be fished as either a nymph or as a streamer; so, he developed this impressionistic fly that would combine some of the common features of both insect and baitfish, a fly that could look (depending on how it was fished and its overall size) like lots of things in general and nothing in particular to let the fish make up its own mind as to what it was. Kelly is a designer and builder of high end custom built bicycle frames by trade his true passion is fly fishing, which he has being doing since he was twelve. He has been tying flies for about 10 years and ties everything he fishes. February 25– ADVANCED - Peggy Brenner is will show you how to step up your tying with a more advanced feather wing streamer pattern. Many tiers find it difficult to properly align the feathers with streamer patterns—Peggy will show you how to master it! Brenner has been tying for a over decade and while her specialty is flies that fish well in New England and the Florida Keys, she began with the basics, progressed to Classic Maine streamers, and now ties salmon flies. She currently is a member of several pro teams including Whiting Farms, Daiichi hooks, and Nymph-Head Beads, and gives instruction, presentations, and demonstrations around the country.

The American Museum of Fly Fishing will host a series of four fly tying lessons designed to start from the beginning and take you through to some more advance patterns. Supplies will be available, if needed. Limited space is available and advanced registration is recommended. January 14 – BEGINNERS - George Butts will start at square one. He will show you the tools you’ll need and explain the nomenclature and various parts to a fly. Then, he will take you step-by-step through the tying process for you to create your own fly and will teach you the Maple Syrup and the Wooly Bugger patterns. George is a Vermont native and is a long time member of the Green Mountain Fly Tyers. He regularly teaches fly tying to local Boy & Girls Club members and Boy Scout troops from his home in Chittenden, Vermont. January 28 – ADVANCED BEGINNER - Our instructor will warm you up with a simple beginner pattern of a black ant or a beetle and you’ll then progress to more intermediate streamer pattern. Exact instructor to be determined. February 11 – INTERMEDIATE Kelly Bedford will show you the steps to create the Gartside Sparrow, named as a group of them looks like a flock of sparrows. This little known and versatile fly was first tied by Jack Gartside twenty-five years ago who was looking to create a fly that could be fished as either a nymph or as a streamer; so, he developed this impressionistic fly that would combine some of the common features of both insect and baitfish, a fly that could look (depending on how it was fished and its overall size) like lots of things in general and nothing in particular to let the fish make up its own mind as to what it was. Kelly is a designer and builder of high end custom built bicycle frames by trade his true passion is fly fishing, which he has being doing since he was twelve. He has been tying flies for about 10 years and ties everything he fishes. February 25– ADVANCED - Peggy Brenner is will show you how to step up your tying with a more advanced feather wing streamer pattern. Many tiers find it difficult to properly align the feathers with streamer patterns—Peggy will show you how to master it! Brenner has been tying for a over decade and while her specialty is flies that fish well in New England and the Florida Keys, she began with the basics, progressed to Classic Maine streamers, and now ties salmon flies. She currently is a member of several pro teams including Whiting Farms, Daiichi hooks, and Nymph-Head Beads, and gives instruction, presentations, and demonstrations around the country.

The American Museum of Fly Fishing will host a series of four fly tying lessons designed to start from the beginning and take you through to some more advance patterns. Supplies will be available, if needed. Limited space is available and advanced registration is recommended. January 14 – BEGINNERS - George Butts will start at square one. He will show you the tools you’ll need and explain the nomenclature and various parts to a fly. Then, he will take you step-by-step through the tying process for you to create your own fly and will teach you the Maple Syrup and the Wooly Bugger patterns. George is a Vermont native and is a long time member of the Green Mountain Fly Tyers. He regularly teaches fly tying to local Boy & Girls Club members and Boy Scout troops from his home in Chittenden, Vermont. January 28 – ADVANCED BEGINNER - Our instructor will warm you up with a simple beginner pattern of a black ant or a beetle and you’ll then progress to more intermediate streamer pattern. Exact instructor to be determined. February 11 – INTERMEDIATE Kelly Bedford will show you the steps to create the Gartside Sparrow, named as a group of them looks like a flock of sparrows. This little known and versatile fly was first tied by Jack Gartside twenty-five years ago who was looking to create a fly that could be fished as either a nymph or as a streamer; so, he developed this impressionistic fly that would combine some of the common features of both insect and baitfish, a fly that could look (depending on how it was fished and its overall size) like lots of things in general and nothing in particular to let the fish make up its own mind as to what it was. Kelly is a designer and builder of high end custom built bicycle frames by trade his true passion is fly fishing, which he has being doing since he was twelve. He has been tying flies for about 10 years and ties everything he fishes. February 25– ADVANCED - Peggy Brenner is will show you how to step up your tying with a more advanced feather wing streamer pattern. Many tiers find it difficult to properly align the feathers with streamer patterns—Peggy will show you how to master it! Brenner has been tying for a over decade and while her specialty is flies that fish well in New England and the Florida Keys, she began with the basics, progressed to Classic Maine streamers, and now ties salmon flies. She currently is a member of several pro teams including Whiting Farms, Daiichi hooks, and Nymph-Head Beads, and gives instruction, presentations, and demonstrations around the country.