Chile 2009 		  Years later I purchased a fly tying kit to satisfy my long-dormant fascination with tying flies and fly fishing. Largely, I taught myself how to tye flies and I have evolved into an active member of the fly tying and angling community. I have had the good fortune to travel throughout the United States and abroad to both fish and tye flies.
Super Secret Salmon Slayer


Peacock
  I was born and raised in New England. As a youngster, I fished for striped bass and blue fish on the shores of Connecticut and Long Island Sound. I also spent vacations in the Catskill Mountains of New York where I watched my grandfather fly fish. I recall marveling at the flies, equipment and techniques of fly fishing. It was this time spent in the Catskills and on the Connecticut shores that left an early, yet enduring impression on me.   I was selected as the official fly tyer of Fly Fishing Team USA which competed at the 2006 Fly Fishing World Championships in Portugal.
Iridescent Orange

Vladi's Polish Worm