Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival

Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival

Many of you will notice a change in the name of Texas FlyFishers Annual Fly Tying Festival. At the 2009 17th annual festival, it was proclaimed that henceforth the festival would be known as the Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival as a tribute to Ed for his being the one responsible for getting it started back when.

Now that the "formalities" are out of the way...........

The Festival Details

Ladies and gentlemen, the Texas FlyFishers would like to invite you to attend our 23nd Annual Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Bethany Christian Church, located at 3223 Westheimer, Houston, Texas. The hours will be from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm.

This year's featured guest will be Charlie Craven, owner and president of Charlie's Fly Box fly shop in Arvada, Colorado. Charlie Craven tied his first fly from a gifted fly tying kit on his eighth birthday. In the days since he has commercially tied flies for most of the shops in the Denver area, as well as many others throughout the Rocky Mountain west. A longtime South Platte River guide, Craven cut his angling teeth on some of the toughest trout in the world. It was these tough fish that prompted him to develop some of his more popular patterns like the Jujubee Midge, Poison Tung and Charlie Boy Hopper.

Charlie at the vice.

Charlie has now been a commercial fly tyer for over thirty years, and in that time has tied flies for nearly every species of game fish in every location on the planet, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rocky Mountain region. Charlie is a Signature Tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and is the originator of other popular patterns such as the Jujubaetis, the Ragina Craven, Two Bit Hooker and the Double Gonga. Craven was the photographer and fly tyer for Barr Flies (Stackpole 2007) and has now authored two books, Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying (Headwater Books 2008) and Charlie's Fly Box (Stackpole Books 2010). Craven is also the Fly Tyer's Bench contributor to Flyfisherman Magazine.

Charlie is a Colorado native and lives in Arvada, Colorado. He has three kids, Charlie, Julie and Jack.

Check out our fly tying section of the Warm Fly Forum!

Interested in tying warmwater flies?  Then be sure and check out our "It's all about FLIES" section of the Warm Fly Forum.  There's a general fly tying board and a board loaded with patterns posted by our members.  Take a peek and be sure to register!

Happy New Year from Warm Fly!

Green Trout Fly Shop is now in it's new location!

Yep, we're in our new location.  We have more room and more inventory.  Drop by for a visit!

We are located at:
3753 Perkins Road, Suite #6
Baton Rouge, LA 70808 

 

The Fly Fisher’s Twelve Days of Christmas by Larry Offner (copyright 2008)

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me… two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me… three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me… seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… eight CCI’s casting, seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… nine fly fishers lying, eight CCI’s casting, seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… ten wading boots leaking, nine fly fishers lying, eight CCI’s casting, seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me… eleven bass a leaping, ten wading boots leaking, nine fly fishers lying, eight CCI’s casting, seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve tiers tying, eleven bass a leaping, ten wading boots leaking, nine fly fishers lying, eight CCI’s casting, seven trout a swimming, six nippers nipping, five mid arbor reels, four TFO fly rods, three pairs of waders, two spools of tippet and a Joan Wulff fly casting DVD.



The bass are still taking top water in Louisiana!

The bass are biting and still taking popers in Louisiana!

(Photo by Larry Offner)

Thanks to all that have served and the families of those who served.