Tyer Profile

Glenn, the owner of Glenn River Fly Co. Ltd has been tying flies since a seventh grade science fair project.  He studied the life cycle of trout and quickly determined that a majority of their diet consisted of aquatic insects  and land based “flies”.  An eighth-grade follow up project and curiosity ultimately lead to a primitive fly tying kit.  Self taught for the first ten years, Glenn tied and fished predominately for warm water fish.  For the last ten years he has honed his tying skills tremendously thanks in part to private lessons, workshops, trade periodicals and the availability of tying related information.   
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Glenn has been a personal friend of Chris Helm for twenty years.  Chris Helm is regarded by most to be perhaps the finest deer hair fly tier in the world and nothing short of an ambassador to the sport and hobby at the very least.  Glenn attributes most of his tying capabilities to the information he has “stolen” from Chris’ warehouse of knowledge and experience.  

Glenn is a tireless fisherman and often can be found fishing for trout on the cold streams of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.  He has created or improved several patterns he finds invaluable for small stream trout fishing and enjoys tying most all trout flies, especially Terrestrials and Midges.    

Glenn is a good classroom and riverbank teacher with solid communication skills and patience.  He enjoys working with beginners and children.
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Glenn, his wife Melissa and son Conrad James live in Sylvania, Ohio.
http://www.glennriver.com