Bobbin the Hood 2026 Rich Strolis Signature Patterns 2pm-5pm

**THIS IS AN IN-PERSON FLY-TYING CLASS IN YPSILANTI, MI**

Sunday, February 1^st at the Freight House in Ypsilanti - 2PM - 5PM

SPACE IS LIMITED! Class includes all tying materials, recipe sheet, and pre-class information. INTERMEDIATE TYING SKILLS REGUIRED! Students are responsible for vise, tools and proper thread.

Rich Strolis – Signature Patterns “Shimmer Stone, Ice Pick, and Shucked Up Emerger”

In this class Rich will lead you along tying a cross section of his patterns but with some of the new MFC materials. Having something a bit different can often be the best approach with pressured fish. We will tie Rich’s Shimmer Stone, Ice Pick and Shucked Up Emerger in this class. All materials will be provided, bring your vise and tools.

BIO:

Rich Strolis started as a guide on the ever-popular Farmington and Housatonic Rivers in Connecticut. He later transitioned his work to commercial tying, speaking engagements and teaching many facets of both fly fishing and fly tying across the Northeast and Eastern seaboard.

His fly patterns although based out of the Northeast, have a strong following and relevancy across the globe and have been tied and fished by many as a result of his library of online videos. He is a signature fly designer for the Montana Fly Company, which currently produces over thirty of his patterns.

His patterns have appeared in several national magazines and books, including Fly fisherman, Eastern Fly Fishing and many more. Rich is a very well-rounded trout fisherman, but his passion lies in chasing trophy trout and various other apex predators on streamers. He lives in Simsbury, Connecticut, with his wife, Megan, and two daughters, Tessa and Nora.