FLY
TYING with AK BEST - 1/22/05
Green Drakes and Flavs (Drunella
flavilinea aka Little Summer Drakes)
on the Frying Pan
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A.K."Archie" Best
has been a fly tier and fly fisherman for well over
thirty years. He has lectured and demonstrated fly
fishing and fly tying from coast to coast and taught
classes in fly tying in Colorado, Missouri, New
Hampshire, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Wyoming,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Calgary, Alberta
Canada, California, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas,
Toronto, Canada, and the National Fly Tiers Symposium
in New Jersey. He is well known not only for his
skills in those realms but also as a sage and often
humorous sidekick to John Gierach.
A.K. has authored numerous books, including "Production
Fly Tying", "Dying and Bleaching Natural
Fly Tying Materials","A. K.'s Fly |
| Box",and "Advanced
Fly Tying." He has authored over 100 articles
for the following magazines, Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing
Guide, Fly Rod and Reel Magazine, Flyfishing and
Fly tying, and The Bamboo Fly Rod. He is featured
on the Internet in the Fly Rod & Reel Web Site,
the FBN Web Site, and The Virtual Fly Shop. |
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