Martin Bawden, Charlotte, NC, is an enthusiastic Fly tyer and fisherman who has lived in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the USA and been fortunate to have and fished some of the best waters found in those countries. He is the owner of Flymen Fishing Company and the inventor of the exciting, new Nymph-Head tungsten fly tying bead. Martin focuses on tying sub-surface flies and enjoys combining traditional, natural fly tying materials with the newer, synthetic materials to get best results

John Berry, Cotter, AK – John has been a fly fishing guide for the past 15 years and guides on Arkansas’ White, Norfork, Spring, and Little Red Rivers for trout and Crooked Creek for Smallmouth Bass.  He is the past president of the Mid South Fly Fishers and served as the Conservation Director for the Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers. He is a life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers and the Mid South Fly Fishers and  a member of the North Arkansas Fly Fishers, Federation of Fly Fishers Guide Association, and the Arkansas Outfitters and Guides Association. He has taught fly fishing and fly casting, and is a seminar presenter and fly tyer at the Federation of Fly Fishers National Conclave, the Federation of Fly Fishers Southern Conclave, the Sow Bug Round Up, the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival, and the Home Waters Expo. John is a fly fishing columnist for the Baxter Bulletin in Mountain Home, Arkansas and has written two chapters of the highly successful fishing guide, Home Waters. He writes for several sporting journals and is also a photographer whose work has been published in several periodicals. John has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mid South Fly Fishers. In 2004 he received the prestigious Tall Tale Tellers Award form the Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers. Most recently John was awarded the Charles E. Brooks Memorial Lifetime Award by the Federation of Fly Fishers.

Max Birnkammer, Smyrna, GA - Max started tying flies five years ago. He ties mostly warm water flies, which he uses to catch largemouth, spotted and shoal bass in the rivers and lakes close to home in Smyrna. He has tied at fly fishing shows and has led seminars at local fly shops. His favorite bass flies are hand painted poppers and streamers. He builds his own fly rods and can often be seen fishing from one of his vintage wooden boats. Every summer he travels to Maine to fly fish for northern smallmouth bass, which he believes is the ultimate trophy in warm water fly fishing.

Bill Boyd, Sr., a.k.a. “Knack”, Dayton, TN – Knack is the elder member of the Dubbing Teasers Fly Tying Team. Knack is an active Board Member of Trout Unlimited Appalachian Chapter. His signature fly, the “Hiwassee Streamer” has been showcased in Fly Fish America Magazine. He is also known for tying “Knack’s Mudbug” and the “Toilet Tank Floater.” He is interested in combining natural and synthetic materials to produce strike-triggering elements in his flies. In addition to being known for his inventive fly tying techniques, Knack’s mechanical inventions are often conversation pieces. His “Natural Light Simulator,” that demonstrates how changing light actually produces color changes in nymphs, has been received with great interest and enthusiasm.

Bill Boyd, Jr. a.k.a. “Nick”, Dayton, TN - Nick is a member of the Dubbing Teasers Fly Tying Team. Nick writes product review articles for Fly Fish America Magazine and is an active Board Member and current Vice President of Trout Unlimited Appalachian Chapter. He is a member of the Federation of Fly Fishers. He ties a variety of nymphs, streamers, and dry fly patterns for trout as well as assorted warm water species. His signature fly, the Tennessee Stonefly Nymph, has been showcased in Fly Tyer and Fly Fish America Magazines. He is an excellent teacher and now offers a wide array of instructional fly tying DVDs. His diversity in tying flies is particularly popular with spectators at his demonstrations and some have remarked: “There is never a dull moment watching Bill demonstrate his skills!”

 David Carson, Knoxville, TN – David has lived in Knoxville Tennessee for the past ten years. His home waters are the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. He has been active in and a member of Little River chapter of Trout Unlimited, and is President of the East Tennessee Federation of Fly Fishers. David lived out west and has fished from California to British Columbia, Canada. He now has a guide service for the Smoky Mountains National Park (On The Fly).

Bob Clemensen, Dunwoody, GA –

Steve Davenport, Newnan, GA - Steve has been fishing nearly as long as he's been able to walk. He began flyfishing as a young teen in the early 1980s fishing warm water rivers and ponds near his home and began tying flies shortly thereafter. While attending Young Harris College in northeast Georgia, Steve discovered fishing for trout on the fly and spent many hours chasing trout while at Young Harris and in the years following. In recent years he has rediscovered his love of catching bream and bass on the fly. As a result, Steve currently specializes in tying foam-bodied bugs for bream and bass.

Oscar Feliu, The Villages, FL – Oscar is a native of Chile, and came to the USA in 1969. Oscar has been doing tying demonstrations and workshops for FFF for over 30 years. His fly tying has taken him through out North America and Europe. Oscar has four Instructional fly-tying DVDs on the market. His fly patterns have been the center of many Magazine articles and books on the subject.  In 1989 he relocated from Michigan to Florida where he has designed several very successful Saltwater flies.

Dana Griffin III - Gainesville, FL – Dana has been interested in fly tying and fly fishing since 1947 when, in July of that year, he caught a small trout on the West Fork of the San Juan River in southwest Colorado. The 8 inch rainbow fell to a Rio Grande King. Dana’s “interest” seems to have matured into something resembling a love affair, a condition for which there apparently is no cure. Dana has originated many new fly patterns, has authored numerous articles on fly tying and fly fishing that have appeared in regional and national journals. He is the on-camera tier in two fly tying videos. He was the founder and first president of the North Florida Fly Fishers, a fly fishing club in Gainesville, Florida.

Walt Holman - Madison, AL - Walt has been a fly-rodder, bug and fly designer, constructor, tyer and user for over 50 years.  A long-time member of the FFF and the Tennessee Valley Fly Fishers, he has tied at conclaves and various clubs of the Southern and Southeastern councils.  He has also tied at the FFF international shows in Livingston, MT and Gatlinburg, TN. Walt’s foil covered pencil poppers are a major attraction every year at the FFF-SEC Conclave. Walt is a retired electrical engineer.

Matthew Inman – Valdosta, GA – Matthew began tying while at the University of Georgia in order to supply the trees and fish of North Georgia with acceptable offerings. After moving back to south Georgia upon graduation his fishing and fly-tying shifted toward the local warmwater quarry and nearby saltwater game. He has recently become bitten by the full-dress salmon fly and has benefited greatly from the guidance of Charles Vestal, Dave Carne, Eric Austin, Paul Tidroski, and many others on Flytyingforum.com. Upon the first publication of his first fly, John McClain of FeathersMC.com noted “Matt, like many of the new faces appearing here, are in my opinion the "future of Salmon Fly Tying. I'm pleased guys like the Rist Brothers, Jamie Daley and Matt, here in the US will be part of the community for years to come.”  Matthew lives in Valdosta, Georgia with his wife Andrea, daughter Bailee and son Drew.

Misako Ishimara, Lakeview, AK & Roscoe, NY – Misako is a fly tyer who ties flies to catch and release fish. Misako loves nature, fishing, painting and sharing fly fishing experience with the other fellow anglers in world wide. She currently lives in Lakeview, AR and Roscoe, NY She is the Chair of World Fly Fishing of Japan and Captain of Fly Fishing Team Japan for FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championship and Conservation Symposium (WFFCCS).Also, she’s the Goodwill Ambassador of Club Liaison Committee of International Women Fly Fishers. Misako is s FFF Certificated Casting Instructor. She is preparing the trip to Scotland in 2009 by leading Fly Fishing Team Japan to participate in WFFC

Dave Kline – Atlanta, GA - Dave has been tying flies for 25 years. He is a founder and past president of the Flatland Fly Fishers. He got started in Pennsylvania tying traditional Catskill trout flies. A company transfer to Kansas gave him the opportunity to tie and fish many styles of warm water flies for everything from carp to catfish. Dave has been tying full dress salmon flies since the 90s. Today he likes to tie and fish traditional patterns for bass and trout. Spey flies are particular favorites.

Aaron McDaniel - Alexandria, KY. Aaron started tying flies when he was ten years old. At thirteen he and his dad Bill joined Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers club after attending their annual Beginner's Fly Tying five-week course at Northern Kentucky University one winter. Since then, Aaron has matured as both a fly-tyer and a fly-fisher and has grown into a first rate teacher of his skills. Now 19, Aaron heads up NKFF's monthly Fly Tying Frenzy (a very laid-back evening of fly-tying for all levels) and has this year taken over the head-master position at the Beginner's Fly Tying Class which is still held at NKU each winter. Aaron starred in the Fly Tying Show on NKFF's cable television series Fishing On The Fly an award-winning public cable show produced by other Northern Kentucky Fly Fisher members. Not to be put off by the inaccessibility of certain fly tying materials, Aaron has become a master of alternative materials and loves to roam the craft stores for new things to use in plying his art. He really loves craft foam (being a down-home bass and bluegill fisher at his core) and creates some great flies that the warm-water species really love.

Jack Neely - Summerfield, FL - Born in Menasha, Wisconsin in 1935, Jack grew up on an island and first tied at age of 6, sold his first fly at the local barbershop for 7 to 10 cents each and he put himself through Marquette University in part through tying flies. Jack has tied flies at Conclaves in the West Yellowstone from 1983-1987. He has taught fly tying in Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, plus Philadelphia, Connecticut and Florida. He specializes in teaching beginners and intermediate levels of tyers. Jack currently holds the FFF office as Director of Fly Tying for the Florida Council.

Deborah Prytula – Chattanooga, TN - Deborah has been tying for about four years and has been fly fishing for about ten years. She is a member of the Mid-South Fly Fishers and the Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited. She has tied at Sowbug Roundup, the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival, the MSFF Home Waters Expo, Southern Council FFF Conclave, and has assisted with teaching tying classes at Bass Pro Shops in Memphis, TN, and at Feather & Fly in Chattanooga, TN. Debora enjoys fishing for many species of fish, but loves to catch (and release) brook trout and redfish. She lives in Chattanooga with her husband Rob.

Robert Prytula – Chattanooga, TN - Robert began tying flies in 1990. He has demonstrated fly tying at the Ducks Unlimited Outdoor Festival, Great Cotter Trout Festival, Sowbug Round-up, Southern Conclave, Houston Fly Tying Festival, Southeastern Conclave, and MSFF Home Waters Expo. Robert was the 2004 Fly Tyer of the Year, Mid-South Fly Fishers and 2005 Man of the Year, Mid-South Fly Fishers. He is a member of the Mid-South Fly Fishers and is currently the President of the Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited. A professor as a trade, Robert also is a guide, fly tyer and instructor for the local Orvis shop in Chattanooga.

Craig Riendeau - Cumming, GA – Craig is a member of the Atlanta Fly Fishing Club and the Fall Line Fly Anglers of Macon, Georgia. An ardent warm water fly tier and angler originally from the Chicagoland area where he was fly fishing director for the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance. He was a speaker and demonstrator at many Midwest fly shows. Now he plies his talents on the spots and shoalies that inhabit Georgia’s waters.

Mark Romero, Lakeview, AK & Roscoe, NY -

G.S. “Stack” Scoville – Nashville, TN – Stack’s tying education started with books and limited material and tools. Trout flies, wets, dries, nymphs, and streamers eventually gave way to spinning deer hair and bass bugs. The inspiration of books like Poul Jorgensen’s book on tying salmon flies and The Atlantic Salmon Fly, The Tyers and Their Art by Judith Dunham led to lots of research, which led to his chapter contribution in Mike Radencich’s "Tying the Classic Salmon Fly." Stack has taken tying lessons from masters such as Ron Alcott, Mike Radencich, Bob Veverka, Mark Waslick, Bill Hunter, and Charlie Chute. Because of their generosity and guidance, Stack has been able to improve his skills and develop his own style, especially for artistic flies. Stack’s flies have appeared in Fly Tyer Magazine, and books by Poul Jorgensen, Bob Veverka, John Shewey, and David Klausmeyer. In 2004, he won a silver medal for an artistic salmon fly, “The Fields of the Shannon”, and a silver medal for a saltwater baitfish, “The Angel Baitfish”, in the Irish Open Fly Tying Championship. Stack has been an invited tier at fly fishing shows and conclaves throughout the country. He loves sharing the knowledge that has been shared with him.

Jodi Slapcinsky – High Springs, FL - A conservation biologist by profession, Jodi took up fly fishing and fly tying as a hobby 5 years ago. Her main focus if fishing the freshwater lakes and rivers in Florida, although she loves to go north to fish the trout streams of the eastern U.S. She is in her fourth consecutive term as the president and newsletter editor of the North Florida Fly Fishers in Gainesville, Florida. She is serving on the board of directors of the southeastern council of the FFF and is chair for the fly tying demonstrations at this year’s conclave. Jodi also co-produced the cd titled “Fly Patterns of the South Eastern Council Conclave.”

Paul Tidroski - Port Richey, FL - A fisherman for over 50 years and a fly fisherman and tyer for the last ten years, Paul began tying the classic mixed featherwing salmon flies, Rangeley style streamers made famous by Carrie Stevens and the classic wet flies of Ray Bergman a little over four years ago.  Winner of the 2003 and 2005 Fly Tyer of the Year annual competition held by the FlyTyingForum.com in both the salmon fly and trout wet fly categories. Paul’s flies are currently on exhibit and in the permanent collection of the Museum of Hunting and Fishing in Munich, Germany and the Margaree Salmon Fishing Museum in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He has been a featured tyer at various outdoors and fishing shows and the Southeast regional Conclave of the Federation of Fly Fishers. Paul lives in New Port Richey, Florida with his wife Lynne.

Tom Travis - Livingston, Montana – Tom has been tying flies for 46 years and conducting fly tying seminars and classes for 30 years.  He has been a fly designer for the Orvis Company since 1994 and he has written one Book entitled “Fly Fishing the Yellowstone River” which was published in 1995. Tom has also written for several different magazines, Frank Amato’s Fly Fishing & Tying Journal and Fly Fishing and Fly Tying (published in the UK). In 2003 he was awarded the Fly Tyer of the Year Award by the Southeast Council and in 2006 he was invited to tie flies at the British International Fly Fair.

Beth Tuttle - Lawrenceville, GA - You do not have to have years of experience to enjoy the different aspects of fly fishing and teach others. Beth did not seriously start fly fishing until she joined the Georgia Women Flyfishers in 1998, and she has been hooked ever since! She began tying flies as soon as she started fly fishing. As a teacher and mentor, Beth has taught "Beginner Fly Tying" at the FFF Southeastern Council Conclaves, at Unicoi Parks "Woodsy Women", at TUs "Youth Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Clinics", at NGTO seasonal Flings, and at Georgia Women Flyfishers "Casting for Confidence" events. She fishes the streams around her home in Atlanta and North Georgia. Sometimes she is able to fish near her parent's homes in Southern Mississippi/Louisiana and her fishing travels have also taken her to the Bahamas and Colorado. Her desire to be involved with others in fly fishing has kept her active locally as a member and Past-President of the Georgia Women Flyfishers, a member of the Tailwater Chapter of Trout Unlimited and past-Director of North Georgia Trout Online. She was awarded the FFF Southeastern Council's Woman of the year in 2007.

Jeff Wilkins - Summerfield, NC - Jeff is an FFF (Federation of Fly Fishers) Certified Casting Instructor, Guide, Fly Tying and Fishing School Instructor, Commercial Fly tyer, who has managed or has been involved with four fly fishing retail operations over the past 17 years. Jeff has been fishing for over 30 years and fly fishing and tying flies for 20 years.  Jeff has taught fly fishing classes independently and also for Guilford Technical Community College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the City of Greensboro, NC. Jeff has appeared with his fly fishing and fly tying on WGHP/FOX network twice, and is a published fly tyer, with fly patterns in Trout Flies of the East by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer, and has just completed a video on tying and fishing entitled "Flies for the Southern Appalachians." Jeff's passion is teaching and sharing with others, and his favorites are beginners who have a passion for learning this great sport. Jeff is a native of Winston-Salem, NC, and now lives in Summerfield, NC with his wife Kathy, their two boys Ben and Joshua, four dogs, one bird, and way too many cats.

Wendy Williams (F.M.), Dayton, TN – Wendy is a member of the Dubbing Teasers Fly Tying Team. She is an active board member of the Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited and a member of the Federation of Fly Fishers. Her favorite streams include Little River, Clinch, Hiwassee, and Tellico rivers. Her signature flies include the “Foxy Lady” Nymph, Root Beer Tellico Flash Nymph, Celtic Delight, Purple Passion, and the “Christmas” Booger. Her Foxy Lady Nymph was published in the show case section of Fly Fish America and Fly Tyer Magazines. She is an excellent teacher and now offers a wide array of instructional fly tying DVDs. Her enthusiasm and animation for the sport of fly fishing and fly tying has been rated as a ten on a scale of ten by regional experts. Wendy’s motto is “I consider it to be a successful fly tying experience if I didn’t glue my fingers together!”

Rex Wilson – Candler, NC – Rex is an expert at tying Smoky Mountain trout flies.