RIP - Dick Talleur

Midcurrent tipped us off to a big loss for the fly fishing and fly tying community. Dick Talleur passed away on February 18th after a brief illness. Paul Rose and I were lucky enough to spend some time with Mr. Talleur at the Charlotte Fly Fishing Show and were even able to film him tying a few of his famous flies. The obituary is on his website http://www.dicktalleur.com/.

RIP: Russ Blessing Inventor of the Wooly Bugger

If you tie flies, most likely the first fly you ever learned to tie was the Wooly Bugger. If you fly fish for trout there is also a very good chance that your first trout was on a Wooly Bugger. According to an article from Examiner.com, Russ Blessing, inventor of the Wooly Bugger passed away last week after a battle with cancer. Mr. Blessings simple and prolific contribution to the sport of fly fishing most certainly will live on in angler's fly boxes and tyers vises.