Amanda Winkelman has been tying and designing Steelhead flies since 2019. Her prior experience with color, texture and design in creative art, had her published internationally several times over in papercrafting. She has taken this love to a new realm. With her passion for nature, fish and flowing rivers, it seemed a natural progression to move into fly tying design and production.  She is a fly tying as well as fly casting instructor and ties on the Jr. Prostaff for Chinook Wind Outfitters. Amanda also works as the Women's Fly Fishing Program Lead at Emerald Water Anglers in West Seattle. She is an advocate for getting anyone interested  out on the water with a fly rod in hand! When not working in the Fly Fishing Industry, Amanda volunteers for Warriors and Quiet Waters, helping post 9/11 vets and their loved ones find peace and joy in life being on the water fly fishing. A PNW native, she resides north of Seattle with her husband and 5 children. 

Amanda was awarded the 2022 FFI Washington State Fly Tyers Award.

Been fishing since 2019 after taking a class in college. Moved to Washington in late 2019 and have been exploring the area for the last few years. I always want to be on a river or a creek with a dry fly, but looking forward to trying some more still water this year!

Skip:  Over the past thirty years Skip Morris has published twenty-two books on fly fishing and fly tying (among them, Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, Western River Hatches, Trout Flies for Rivers, and Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes) and over 350 magazine articles. Skip has taught clinics, given Powerpoint shows and fly-tying presentations at fly expos and clubs in California and Arizona, Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Alabama, and a bunch of other states, in three Canadian provinces, and overseas.

             The spring 2014 issue of Fly Tyer  magazine announced Skip as a winner of the magazine's lifetime achievement award.

            Skip’s wife, Carol, provides much of the photography in Skip’s work and all the illustrations. They live, currently, with one willful cat named Olive on Washington’s lush Olympic Peninsula amid its myriad opportunities for both fresh and saltwater fly fishing.

Carol:

Carol Ann Morris is a speaker, photographer, videographer, and artist (watercolor, pen and ink, pencil, clay, jewelry) who partners with her husband Skip on his books, magazine articles, instructional videos, and website.

Carol's Etsy store, CarolAMorrisFlyFish, features illustrations, paintings, photographs and other artwork (paired with detailed information sheets about each subject) that reflect her love of fly fishing.

Her photographs and illustrations have appeared separate from Skip's work, in Gray's Sporting Journal, Yale Angler's Journal, Fly Fishing & Tying Journal, Fly Fisherman, America's Favorite Flies, and others. Carol has performed her PowerPoint presentation titled "Fly Fishing Photography 101: How to Capture What You See" at fly clubs and sportsman's shows around the US and Canada. She has recently added some more PowerPoint presentations, and has performed these shows at fly fishing clubs and sportsmans events, including virtual presentations by Zoom.

1. Website: Skip Morris Fly Tying    https://www.skip-morris-fly-tying.com/index.html

2. Social Media: Skip is on Facebook (Skip Morris), Carol is on Facebook (Carol Ann Morris) and Instagram (carol_ann_morris_flyfish)

3. YouTube Channel: Skip Morris Fly Fishing @Skipmorrisflytying_and_fishing       https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeYCWWqDeKSK_1yLA2EK5Bw

4. Carol's Etsy store: CarolAMorrisFlyFish   https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolAMorrisFlyFish

5. Skip's books: https://www.skip-morris-fly-tying.com/skip-morris-books.html

6. Powerpoint presentations for Skip can be found here (presentations are 50 minutes long):  https://www.skip-morris-fly-tying.com/skip-morris-powerpoint-presentations.html

7. Powerpoint presentations for Carol are (all shows are 50 minutes long):

 Fly Fishing Photography 101: How to Capture What You See (this show concentrates on the elements of          design in photography: color, composition, and light. There is the option to add-on an extra hour to have a              fun and informative critique of slides submitted by club members at the end of the show)

Bugs and Fishes (an in-depth look at the origins of trout, the principles of "KeepFishWet", and a summary of the most important wes

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JJ Miller grew up in southeast Idaho where he spent his youth fishing the highly prodcutive reservoirs. He learned to fly fish on the fabled Henry Fork and South Fork of the Snake River. He moved to Utah to attend Utah State University where he perfected his pocket water fishing skills, casting dries to high country cutthroat on the small streams in Cache Valley. He eventually moved to Salt Lake City where he spends his time guiding the local tailwaters. Instructing others about the art and science of his number one passion, fly fishing. He not only enjoys teaching others how to fly fish, but how to practice good conservation. On his days off youll find him traveling to different places in pursuit of the finest trout fishing the west has to offer. If your interested in a guided trip with him you can contact him through his instagram below.

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Todd Rettmann

Being born and raised on the banks of the Rogue River in Southern Oregon fueled Todd’s passion for the outdoors. Fly fishing, hunting, camping and whitewater were a way of life growing up. In high school Todd began guiding whitewater inflatable kayak trips in Oregon, Idaho, California and continues today as a fly fishing guide for Water Time Outfitters. Todd is a US Coast Guard Captain and is first aid/cpr/swiftwater rescue trained. Todd is married to his wife Angie of 35 years and has two grown sons Alex 32, Mitchell 30 and 4 grandchildren . Todd’s love for the outdoors runs deep; guiding others into outdoor adventures is something that brings him great enjoyment. 

Tight lines,

Todd Rettmann

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Simon Gawesworth has been part of the Far Bank team for 20 years. Simon is one of fly fishing's most widely recognized personalities and one of the leading authorities on both Spey casting and single-hand casting instruction. He has written numerous articles, published books, and made instructional videos on single and two-handed fly casting.

Simon's father taught him to fish at the age of 8 and he's been teaching fly casting professionally since the age of 16. With over 35 years of teaching experience, Simon is a highly sought-after instructor. He has written three books on Spey casting. He has both cast and fished for England in British, European and World Championships and was elected Captain of the England team for the 2003 World Fly Fishing Championship.

Simon is A.P.G.A.I. and S.T.A.N.I.C. certified in the U.K. and C.I., Master and T.H.C.I. certified in the U.S. through Fly Fishers International. In 2019 Simon was the recipient of the Lifetime Teaching Award by Fly Fishers International.

Simon currently lives in Washington with his family.



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I started fly fishing over 20 years ago, as a 13 year old I was self taught. Making plenty of mistakes along the way I found myself buried deep in a passion for fly fishing. Not long after I started fly fishing I started tying flies. I had a dream to work in the fishing industry and luckily that dream came true for me years later. I started out teaching fly tying classes, rod building classes and the found myself as the Production Manager for RoundRocks Flies. Our flies are distributed all throughout the USA and it’s helped me make a dream a reality. I’m just a trout bum who lives to fish and tie flies. Fishing all over the west from my home in Hyrum Utah up and down the Borders of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Feel free to catch up with me on Instagram at Fly_cache, our business website is RoundRocksflies.com and you can also check us out on instagram at roundrocksflies. 

“Growing up, I thought fishing was all about throwing a hooked worm into a body of water, attach a bobber on the line, and wait. And wait some more. It wasn’t until I met my husband, an avid fly fisherman, a few years ago, that I discovered fly fishing, a much more dynamic type of fishing. From the distance it looked so challenging, almost impossible for me to even try. Which is why I did end up I trying it. I would find trees and bushes to get snagged up on where no one else would find any trees and bushes, I’d end up with destroyed flies by what I thought were snags, blaming myself so many times for being unable to pick up the skill, for not knowing that “something” that everyone else seemed to know. Got discouraged and almost gave up countless times, but figured what the heck, I’ve done things much more complicated in life, I can do this too. So I kept trying, kept learning, kept driving my husband crazy, kept practicing knots at the dinner table to redo rigs much faster than trying to untangle them, hiding being intimidated on the water as much as I could, until I got better. Only to learn that it’s not always about catching the fish and the adrenaline rush, but also about our mental wellbeing, inner peace brought on by the beautiful nature, people you meet, and always about that “one more cast”. I will always consider myself a newbie because there is also something else to learn, to try, to find new techniques and setups that work. And pass that knowledge on to those who appreciate the waters and the nature. My goal is to promote the sport among women and children, both as an angler and a guide, to help create new and future generations of ethical fly fishing anglers.


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