the fly dressers guild
The Sussex Branch Instructors recieve their certification
Alan Middleton, Chairman presents the instructors with their awards at a recent branch meeting.
Left to right: Alan Chamberlain, Phil Ellis, Paul Davis, Paul Bond, Peter Buss, Albert Horne, Jim Harris, John Plowman and Brian Hendry.
bffi 2009
A short extract from Sky's Tight Lines at the fair available here
The seventh running of this event proved to be the most successful the Guild had attended. Sales of merchandise exceeded all of our expectations with the new range of fleeces just flying off the stand.
On Saturday we received a visit from the Sky television crew and Richard Vipond ably demonstrated with a young person the art of tying a Black and Peacock Spider. We hope it will appear on a feature on their TV channel.
The prizes for the BFFI raffle were drawn and the lucky winners should receive their prizes in the next week or so.
Whilst there were plenty of admirers of the great fly tyers on display it was good to see so many interested parties in the clinics, answering queries and problems thrown at the presenters.
Although the weather was typical of a November weekend we were pleased to welcome a large number of new members as well as meeting with so many existing members.
Thanks go to all who worked tirelessly on the stand and to all of you who took the time to come and see us.
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The Flydressers' Guild is a non-profit organisation whose sole objective is to promote and cultivate the art of fly dressing. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in flytying.
We are a UK based organisation, but have over 450 overseas members, including a Branch in Tokyo, Japan and the Southern Appalachian Fly Tyers in the USA.
The Guild originates from the mid-1960's when a group of Hampshire flytyers, led by Don Haynes our founder, decided to form a Fly Tying Club. The Club's first official meeting was held at the Anglers Inn, Bishopstoke, Hampshire in October 1967.
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