Vin's Bug Shoppe - (610) 987-0268

Disabled Veteran, Retired Waterways Conservation Officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission who ties and sells flies
Writer: Reading Eagle

Posting flies for sale or just for you to look at. I do not stockpile flies for sale, most--if not all orders are tied PER ORDER. Most orders can ship within' a day or two depending on material availability and quantity of order. Flies come from a SMOKE-FREE home. This is part of my guide business located in Berks County Pennsylvania. Trout, Salmon and Steelhead flies are what I love to tie. Dries, Streamer, nymphs......love them all. The buggier the fly, the better !! Flies are designed to be impressionistic, not exact replicas. I do have my own ties: Mothra, Death Stonefly, DSS Streamer, Beadtail Caddis, Hatcher and Crazy Spawn.

I do have an AAS degree from Garrett College in Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology and I spent 13 months being trained by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to become a Waterways Conservation Officer.

To my knowledge, I am the only Disabled Veteran / Retired Waterways Conservation Officer turned guide in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

If you have an idea for a fly that you want tied, get me the details and I'll see if I can't bring that fly to life. Or, if there are certain colors you want on a pattern, let me know what they are and I'll try to get the job done.

When you purchase flies from me, you are helping an American Family. My children, Zoe and Vinny love the great outdoors as much as I do. They tie a few flies and love to fish.

Everybody always posts how long they have been tying flies.....welp-- either you can tie flies or you can't.......but, I've been tying since around 1997 under the tutelage of Harold Harsh and Alan Noland of Spring Creek Outfitters ---

Although Diabetes has tweaked my eyesight a bit, I still get the job done on super tiny flies with the help of magnified reading glasses.

I also write a monthly article for the Reading Eagle pertaining to Fly of the Month and or what patterns you should have in your fly box for the upcoming month.

Tags: Fishing,Outdoor Recreation,Writing Service