Julian Reedel – professional fly tyer

Julian has been fishing for the last 22 years and has experienced many diffrent types and styles of fishing however considers steelhead and coho his favorite to pursue. Julian is an avid centerpin, spey and fly fisherman and also has experience with hunting and shooting. Julian has been tying flys for ten years and is availible to tie specific patterns on request. About a year ago Julian started tying classic fulldressed flys. Pictures of them can be found in the flytying section of this site.

Julain is a wealth of information and likes to help out around the shop. He is always happy to lend a hand to anyone with questions.

Shea O’Grady: Shop Hand

 

 

Shea fishes several days a week all year round giving him a useful knowledge base in a variety  of fishing styles and techniques.

Garry Elgear: Shop Owner

Garry has been the owner of Riverside Fly &  Tackle  for the past six years . He enjoys creating new innovative fly patterns and showing his customers how to tie and fish them. Garry guides on the Pitt, Squamish, Harrison and Fraser River systems. Garry fishes hard and works even harder for his customers.

Christian Somogyi: Shop Hand

Christian has been fishing the local rivers since the early nineties for trout and salmon.  He started his guiding career at the Upper Pitt River Lodge back in 2003. Christian enjoys fly fishing but will use any technique to catch fish, and has used them all in his fishing adventures.  His favorite waters are the Pitt River and Skagit River. 

Angus “Gus” Elgear; devoted shop dog

Loves to go anywhere Garry goes.

Michael Thom: Shop Hand

Michael is a die hard fisher who will fish anywhere, anytime.He is a well rounded angler, but his greatest passion is for flyfishing and fly tying. Michael has been working at Riverside for four years now and has a vast knowledge of the sport.