A little bit about Jeff "Bear" Andrews:

• Michigan native Jeff "Bear" Andrews has been fly fishing and tying flies for 38 years.
• He was the recipient of the "Buz" Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award, the highest honor bestowe upon a fly tyer by the Federation of Fly Fishers. He was only the second tyer from the Midwest to ever win the award.
• From 1977-1982 he ran Bear's Fly Shop in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
• He has tied commercially for 20 years, producing as many as 2000 dozen (24,000) flies a year.
• Annualy Bear travels throughout the United States and Europe sharing his tying skills through demonstrations and classes. he has taught thousands of people to tie flies.
• For the past eight years Bear has been doing Fly Tying Marathons to raise money for the Federation of Fly Fishers conservation projects. To date he has raised over $60,000 for conservation.
• Bears flies are sought after by both collectors and fly fishers.
• His flies have appared in numerous books and magazines as well as limited edition artwork.
• He has set two IGFA World Records for Brook Trout.
• He is currently the Flyfishing Editor for "Michigan Out-of-Doors" magazine and writes the "Michigan Fly Box" article each month.
• In 1999 he released his first in a series of tying videos, "Tying Flies for Great Lakes Steelhead."
• Many of Bear's patterns are available through Umpqua Feather Merchants dealers.