Globe Pequot / Stackpole Books
Pages: 224
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Trim: 8½ x 11
978-0-8117-3828-6 • Paperback • August 2019 • $39.95 • (£24.95)
978-0-8117-6871-9 • eBook • August 2019 • $38.00 • (£24.95)
Kirk Dietrich is an Orvis contract tier and owner/operator of Flies by Kirk, a part-time commercial tying business. He spends his fishing time on local brackish/saltwater marshes and urban locations such as New Orleans City Park, Bayou St. John, Lake Pontchartrain, and local storm water drainage canals.
His articles have appeared in Fly Tyer, Eastern Flyfishing, and Flyfishing & Tying Journal. He is a member of FFI, NOFF, Pro Staff with Cascade Crest Tools, Deer Creek UK, and Imagination International Copic Markers. He has been a participating and featured tier at shows throughout the south and has conducted classes at various FFI conclaves and affiliated mini-conclaves held by clubs across the south.
His flies have appeared in numerous books including Bug Making: A Thorough Guide to Making and Tying Floating Bugs for All Gamefish—Bluegill to Billfish, Secrets of the Saltwater Fly, and Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers. He lives in Kenner, LA.