WHEN: Thursday, December 13th 2018 | 6pm - 8pm
WHERE: TCO Outdoors - Boiling Springs, PA (click for directions)
EVENT DETAILS: TCO Brew N Bugs
Spend an evening with famed fly tyer Tom Baltz as he demonstrates his "secret patterns" for selective Trout. Tom will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate his techniques from 6pm to 8pm.
ABOUT TOM BALTZ:
A New Mexico native, Tom Baltz has been a fly tier for over 40 years, the last 30 spent among the legendary tiers and anglers of the limestone valleys of south-central Pennsylvania , near Carlisle . Tom is the only four time Pennsylvania State Fly Tying Champion and his flies have appeared in Field & Stream, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Art of Angling Journal, Eastern Fly Fishing, and American Angler magazines, the Orvis catalog (I.C.S.I Midge, MuddBugger, Hatching Nymph and Beetlenat) and the recently published book “Guide Flies”. He is a regular contributor to the Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide and appears at fly fishing shows around the country.
Tom ties for several fly shops and discriminating anglers coast to coast. His flies are in the collections of the Pennsylvania State Museum (Jack Eschenmann collection), the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum , Vice-President Dick Cheney, and private collectors across the country.
A full time fly fishing professional since 1974 and one of Pennsylvania ’s first licensed fishing guides, Tom is an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide who was named North East Trout Guide of the Year (2001) by Orvis. Tom is a member of the Regal Engineering (Regal Vise) Pro Staff. He and his wife Eileen live outside Boiling Springs , PA , very near Mountain Creek, the Letort, and the lovely Yellow Breeches Creek.