Bob Johnson catches fish with his own hand-tied fish flies
Bob Johnson in his room where he ties his fish flies. (Photo by Steve Gooch.)
When avid angler Bob Johnson wets a hook, not many fish get away. They are caught by a special fly….one that Johnson has hand -tied In an upstairs room of his house.
He has fished for trout in 14 states in the U.S.,; Smallmouth Bass in Oklahoma; Steelhead in British Columbia; Searun Brown Trout in Argentina and New Zealand; Silver Salmon in Alaska and Canada; Tarpon and Bonefish in Florida, Bahamas, Belize and Mexico; and Snook and Redfish in Florida and Louisiana.
Johnson’s room in the home where he and his wife Gennie Johnson live, has lots of pictures. There is a great antique desk where he sits with his vise (tool with two jaws that close by a lever or screw to hold an object for tying) and spotlight.
Stuck in the cubbyholes of the desk are colorful feathers and quills and spools of thread. He uses the colors of yellow, purple, teal, red, orange, blue, lime, brown, gray, black and even pink for those wily fish to choose from.
His wife Gennie is a fisherwoman and others he has fished the rivers, mountain streams and salt waters with include the late T. Ray Phillips, Mike Ellis, Phil Walker, Bev and Paul Kanaly, Royce Hammons and Mark Bodehamer, Don Dahlgren, Roy Smith, Bob Browne, Tom Love, Martha and Ron Bradshaw, Susan and Pat Sigmon, Bill Bell, Rob Luke, Jerry Ellis, and fly fishing friends in Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Canada and The Netherlands.
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