Garren Wood - Tier

Garren Wood started tying flies over 20 years by watching his father prepare for fishing trips. He first started tying dry flies for the rivers in Northern Idaho. In order to purchase additional fly tying materials he sold flies to friends and high school teachers. As he went to college he became more involved with fly tying. He met Joe Ayre in Pocatello, who taught him how to tie woven body flies. Joe also introduced him to the FFF and the Fly Tying Expos they host. He started attending and tying at the Southeast Fly Tying Expo in the late 1990s and learning from a lot of great tiers. While at college he tied flies for shops and guides in West Yellowstone and professors who enjoyed fly fishing.

After moving to Oregon in 2002, Garren met Al Brunell. Through the years, Al taught Garren the craft of tying steelhead flies. Garren eventually helped Al with his commercial orders and assisting Al with chairing the Northwest Fly Tyers Expo (www.nwexpo.com). Al passed away in November of 2007 and Garren is committed with keeping Al’s tying tradition alive.

As a volunteer for the Oregon Council of the Federation of Flyfishers, Garren is their webmaster and ties at many of their shows that are held in the Northwest.

Make sure you visit Garren’s personal website Ultimate Hook (www.ultimatehook.com) to see some of his other flies and examples of his inspirational tiers.

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