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Learn to tie your own flies with11-year-old Tyler Befus! Kids and adults alike can learn to use feathers, fur, beads, paints, and other materials to create imitations of insects, fish, and other animals that live in streams, rivers, and lakes. This complete, easy-to-use, full-color beginners guide introduces the different tools and materials involved in fly tying and how to use them. Tyler also tells you how, where, and for what types of fish to use the completed fly. Pictures of completed flies let you to check your handiwork against that of the pros.

Tyler Befus may only be 11 years old, but he has already been flyfishing and tying his own flies for more than eight years. He is the youngest member of the Ross Reels, Rio Products, Inc., Oakley, Simms Fishing Products, and Whiting Farms pro staff teams and is a Signature Fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. He currently holds International Game Fish Association Junior World Records for sheefish and kokanee salmon.



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Check out this interview with Tyler Befus from CBS 4 in Denver, CO

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Although aimed at kids aged six to twelve, this fun activity book can be used by the whole family while traveling or at home. It offers fascinating facts about Colorado's historic explorers, trappers, traders, miners, famers, ranchers, railroaders, and Native Americans., It also includes present day industries, sports teams, and ski resorts, as well as Colorado's mountains, rivers, plants, wildlife, and parks. Activities are presented in a bright and colorful format that include mazes, crosswords, word searches, science experiments, codes, writing activities, and arts and crafts galore. Many activities require only a pencil or crayons, while others use simple materials found around the house.

This is a book that teaches kids how to flyfish—written by a kid! Young Tyler Befus tells kids everything they need to get started, including facts about fish, where they live, what they eat, equipment needed, and fly casting techniques. The book is filled with color photos and Tyler’s drawings. Tyler is determined to show other kids how much fun they can have flyfishing. Parents who flyfish will love to share this book with their children.

Want more flytying fun??? Click here to visit Tyler's cool website!

Click here to view Tyler's award winning fly!

Tyler was just awarded the Overall winner of the 2008 British and International Fly Tying Championship in Newark, England for the Junior Division (16 years and under). One of his flies also took Runner-up honors in the "Dry Flies and Terrestrial" category (this category included the entries from the adult fly tyers as well).

Check out this interview with Tyler Befus from CBS 4 in Denver, CO

Join Olive, the little-streamer-fly-that-could, Gilbert the Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, Polly the Partridge and Orange, and the rest of the Camp Tightloops gang as they follow their dreams down The Big Stream. Zip and dart along with Olive as the importance of catching and releasing a wild trout finally sinks in. Fly-fishing fans young and old will agree that Olive is the real "keeper" in this action-packed, fact-filled sequel to Olive The Little Woolly Bugger.

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Read the National Examiner review of the Olive series.

View Kirk's interview with KONG News here.

Olive the Woolly Bugger is back for another fast-paced adventure as she Goes for a Wild Ride. This time Olive snags a new friend, Clark, the small fry with a big heart. Together, the darting duo head downstream where they run into everything from Sockeyed Jack, the spawning salmon, to all other walks of wildlife. Even a terrifying tumble over the waterfall doesn't dampen Olive's spirits as she discovers the fascinating circle of life - in and along the river. Ideal for fly-fishing veterans and rookies alike, this third tale in the Olive series reminds us what makes the great outdoors so great.

Preview this book:
click here to view a sample pdf.

Read the National Examiner review of the Olive series.

View Kirk's interview with KONG News here.