Umpqua Feather Merchants Announces: Live Signature Tying Sessions

We feel that people need fly fishing now more than ever. The escape, the clarity and focus that you only find on the river are needed for our community to feel sane. While we realize that not everyone can get out on the water for a variety of reasons or local restrictions, we want to provide our community with a fun escape via fly tying.

To do that, Umpqua Feather Merchants have launched a series of live tying demos on our Instagram page. They have been engaging, super fun, with great storytelling, and incredible instruction. This is a unique moment as our Family of Signature Tyers who are typically on the water working day in and day out are largely available. With this pause, they are able to share stories, their passion, techniques and promote their guide business, shop, or their signature flies.

Make sure to tune into Instagram @umpquafeathermerchants and join in on the fun.

This week
Andrew Grillos – Wednesday 3/25 7pm MST
Alec Gerbec – Friday 3/27 7pm MST

Next Week
Matt Bennett Monday 3/30 7pm MST
Patrick Daigle Tuesday 3/31 7pm MST
Devin Olsen Wednesday 4/1 8pm MST
Lance Egan Thursday 4/2 7pm MST

Tune in and pass the time tying some flies with some of the best fly tyers in the in the industry. If you need to stock up on materials to follow along and tie for yourself please check out our Fly Tying selection HERE.

I grew up in the shadow of some of the most heralded ski slopes in the western United States. Instead of skiing or snowboarding I took up fly fishing at a young age. Through high school & my early college years I was fortunate enough to represent my country playing Sled Hockey. I started at Fishwest as a member of the web team and now I oversee and manage almost every aspect of the Fishwest e-commerce platform. I also act as the main point of contact for all of the Fishwest hosted travel trips.