Friend's Web Sites

Adam Trahan... See Adam's Granddad Fly in the Flies With a Story section. Visit Adam's ever-popular Web site, www.smallstreams.com.

Al and Gretchen Beatty... are professional tiers from Idaho who also sell a number of fly fishing and tying items. Their version of the Klodhopper is in the Hoppers section. You can contact Al and Gretchen through their Web site: www.btsflyfishing.com

Bob Petti... is a co-partner of www.globalflyfisher.com. Absolutely tons of stuff on this site. Bob published three articles I wrote. Direct links to each article are on my Articles/Favorite Stuff page.

Carl D. DeFazio... See Carl's First Fly in the Flies With a Story section. Carl's personal site is www.mountaineerflies.com. I find Carl's stream and river pictures extraordinary.

Charlie Craven... is the proprietor of Charlie's Fly Box in Arvado, Colorado. Charlie has created a superb Web site called www.charliesflyboxinc.com, where you'll find some of the best fly tying tutorials you'll see anywhere. You will find a couple of his patterns on my Hoppers page.

David Kratville... is a photographer from California who submitted several unique foam flies (see Kratville Critters). His landscape photos are exquisite and you can view a portfolio of his photos at: www.kratvillephoto.com

Ed Gallop... Ed has two "Flies With a Story" pages: (1)a foam beetle pattern used by him while living and working in Alaska and (2) a foam lady bug that gave lip service to one of his friends. Check out Ed's large Web site for tons of patterns by tiers from all over the world: www.flytyingworld.com.

Jason Akl... Jason has not been tying long, but his work is very nice (see his fly and story called The General) and he has a fine Web site with patterns and pictures of many more of his flies: http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/AklsFlyTying/

Loren Williams...Read Loren's Double Bunny story in the Flies With a Story section. His Web site is: http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com

Matt Cassel: Matt wrote the Western Blue Dun story. He builds fine fly boxes and other accessories now being found in catalogs like Cabela's. His Web site is: http://www.cliffoutdoors.com

Rob Knisely...Rob is an exquisite fly tier, and his three stories (the Doubletake Nymph , the Woodchuck Special, and Red Humpy) will make you feel you are fishing alongside him. Check out Rob's many innovate patterns on his Web site: http://www.invictaflies.us

Sante "Fishnbanjo" Guiliani... You will marvel at Sante's mouse pattern in the Flies With a Story section. Check out his personal Web site at: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2h7gi/fishnbanjossliceoflifeincyberspacecopy/index.html

Thomas Duncan... Thomas' story is about an old family favorite, the Buzz Hackle, an all-purpose dry fly. Thomas' own Web site is www.tidepool.com/~pastortd/Home.htm