Photo Gallery - Tyler Befus

Tyler's Photo Gallery

Check out these cool fly fishing adventure photographs from Tyler and his family.

A really cool spider that will be fun to try and tie a realistic fly that looks like this one!

A light colored grass hopper.

Stonefly Adult from the Upper Gunnison River, Colorado 2009

Golden Stonefly Nymph from the Unchompahgre River near Montrose, Colorado. January 2009

Caddis Larva from the Uncomphagre River near Montrose, Colorado. January 2009

Mayfly spinner that was on my kitchen table, October 2008

A Katydid.

Damselfly Adults

Mayfly Spinner

A mayfly spinner in a spider web.

A Mayfly Spinner.

A black stonefly nymph.

Stonefly Adult in Japan

Caddis Pupa

Caddis Larva

Damsel Fly Adult

Praying Mantis

Ken Shimazaki tying flies at the 2009 Fly Fishing Festa, Lake Akan, Japan

Vincent Su of Denver, Colorado tying flies at Bass Pro Shops Spring Fishing Classic, Denver, Colorado 2009

Bruce Staples from Idaho Falls, Idaho 2009

Bob Bush from Boulder, Colorado 2009

Jeff Oulton from Gunnison Colorado 2009

Me with Jeff Currier and Jack Dennis at the 2009 ISE Show in Denver, Colorado

Signing books with Mike Lawson at the 2009 ISE Show in Denver, Colorado

My friend Frank Halforty that moved to the US from South Africa. Denver, CO ISE Show January 2009

Capt. Bruce Chard of Big Pine Key, Florida with an East River Kokanee Salmon.

Branden and Ted Capron with an East River Kokanee Salmon.

Jason Yeager tying a crazy hopper pattern at teh 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show. Montrose, Colorado.

Buddy Knight of Sandy, Utah tying flies at teh 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show. Montrose, Colorado

Jim Aubry from Durango, Colorado tying flies at the 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show.

Bob Jacklin and his wife Sharon with me and my sisters at the 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show. Montrose, Colorado.

Jeff Bever Tying a Realistic Damsel Fly Adult at the 2008 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo. Grand Junction, Colorado.

Dr. Tom Whiting from Whiting Farms teaching me about the amazing hackle he grows for fly tying.

Fishing with Masa, Ken and Toshi on the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River.

Fishing with one of my litter sisters.

My buddies Jay Murakosi and Ken Hanley from Califonia.

My dad, Tom Andersen and Captian Pat Elhers at the Fly Fishers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Hanging out with Ed Engle and AK Best

My good friends Jack Dennis and Valadi Trezbunia

Fly Fishing author and historian John Betts at the 2007 Denver, CO Fly Fishing Show

Jay Fishy Fullum showing me how to tie his Itsy Bitsy Spider pattern

Amazing realistic fly tiers Bob Mead and Jackson Leong

Fly tying friends Rich Bogardus, Bill Newcomb and Buddy Bill Logan

Bill Logan teaching me how to tie his realistic bee pattern at the International Fly Tying Symposium 2006

David Gourang is an amazing fly tier from France

Steve Johnson is showing me his latest streamer pattern at a show in Denver, CO, 2007

Will Travis is another young tier I met at the Arlington, Texas Fly Fishing Show

Chappy Chapman and Danny Romero at the Pasadena, CA Fly Fishing Show 2007

My friend Kyle Hand from Fort Worth, Texas

Theo Bakelaar at the International Fly Tying Symposium, Somerset, New Jersey

Masa Katsumata teaching me about fly fishing in Japan

Polish nymphing with my buddy Valadi Trzebunia

Gordon Wickstrom, Jeff Currier, Tyler and Jack Dennis at the University of Wyoming Fly Fishing Show

Filming aTV show with my friend Terry Wickstrom

Learning to tie salmon flies without a vice from my buddy Jen Pilgarrd for Denmark

Flyfishing with my friend Sasaki in Japan

Toshi and Masa teaching me how to seine for bugs

My Mom with a Wild Colorado Brown Trout

Lunch on the Banks of the Gunnison River with Pat and Carol Ogelsby

Getting few Fly Tying Tips from Dick Talluer

Going Carp Fishing with Capt. Bruce Chard and Capt. Pat Ehlers

My Friend Joe Humphreys from Pennsylvania

Tying Flies With My Friend Yugi in Japan

Learning a New Pattern From Jack Gartside

My Spey Casting Buddy, Simon Gawesworth

My Dad with a Friend

White Winged Akroyd, Tied by Tyler Befus

Shake-Rattle and Roll Frog, Tied by Tyler Befus

Beefmo Caddis Pupa Tan, Tied by Tyler Befus

Backwater Baitfish Olive/Tan, Tied by Brad Befus

Thorax Style Mayfly, Tied by Vincent Su

Jack Gartside Soft Hackle Stremer, Tied by Tyler Befus

Trailing Hook Woolly Bugger, Tied by Moose Hofer

Tyler's Carp Weapon, Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's Baby Crayfish, Tied by Tyler Befus

Glass Bead Biot Midge Larva, Tied by Tyler Befus

Purple and Partridge Soft Hackle, Tied by Tyler Befus

Olive and Partridge Soft Hackle, Tied by Tyler Befus

CDC Loop Wing Emerger BWO, Tied by Brad Befus

Brad's Baetis Nymph, Tied by Brad Befus

Hi-Vis Parachute Blue Dun, Tied by Brad Befus

Beefmo Caddis Pupa. Tied by Tyler Befus

Befus Wired Stone Golden. Tied by Brad Befus

White Winged Akroyd. Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's SR2 Frog, Tied by Tyler Befus

Quill Gordon, Tied by Tyler Befus

Bad Boy Baetis, Tied by Brad Befus

Befsu Squirrely Minnow, Tied by Brad Befus

Beefmo Green Tail Coachman, Tied by Brad Befus

Beefmo Red Tail Coachman, Tied by Brad Befus

Icabod Crane, Tied by Brad Befus

Befus Golden Wired Stone, Tied by Brad Befus

Artistic Sreamer, Tied by Todd Kramer, Wasilla, Alaska

Realistic Hellgrammite, Tied by Tim Wohland, Berne, New York

Realistic Golden Stonefly Nymph, Tied by Deward Yocum, New Mexico

Double White Winged Akroyd, Tied by Tom Finn, Broomfield, Colorado

Floodtide, Tied by Brad Befus

Mayfly Spinner, Tied by Bill Blackstone, California

Major Pitcher Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Rio Grande King Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Professor Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Western Coachman Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Iron Blue Dun Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Cow Dung Wet Fly, Tied by Gordon Wickstrom, Boulder, Colorado

Jock Scott, Tied by Murray Pedder, South Africa

Caddis Larva, Tied by Murray Pedder, South Africa

Magic Minnow, Tied by Brad Befus

Rubber Leg Trude, Tied by Sue Armstrong, Wyoming

Realistic Spent Wing Hopper, Tied by David Martin, California

Jungle Cock Featherback Nymph, Tied by George Grant, Helena, Montana

Water Boatman, Tied by Brent Schlenker, Alberta, Canada

Olive Scud, Tied by Brent Schlenker, Alberta, Canada

Dragon Fly Nymph, Tied by Brent Schlenker, Alberta, Canada

Crackleback, Tied by Ed Story, St. Louis, Missouri

Red Tag Dry Fly, Tied by Ashley Artis, Tasmania

Biot Parachute Mayfly, Tied by Ashley Artis, Tasmania

Intruder Variation, Tied by Bjorn Beech, Lacy, Washington

Deer Hair Popper, Tied by Tim Jacobs, Newcastle, Colorado

Feather Back Woven Hackle Nymph, Tied by Randy Stonebraker, Green River, Wyoming

Biot Mayfly Emerger, Tied by Sasaki Takehiro, Japan

CDC Biot Emerger, Tied by Sasaki Takehiro, Japan

Gartside Gurgler, Tied by Tyler Befus

Gartside Sparrow, Tied by Tyler Befus

Harrison Steeves Foam Caddis Adult. Tied by Harrison Steeves

Harrison Steeves Foam UFO. Tied by Harrison Steeves

Harrison Steeves Foam Stonefly Adult. Tied by Harrison Steves

Harrison Steeves Foam Cicada. Tied by Harrison Steeves

Harrison Steeves Foam Beetle. Tied by Harrison Steeves

Foam Frog. Tied by Ava Befus

Bunjee Worm, Tied by Tyler Befus

A Bill Logan Foam Hopper. Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's Hi-Vis Fakey Nymph, Tied by: Tyler Befus

20 Incher Stonefly Nymph, Tied by Tyler Befus

Bead Head Nymph, Tied by Valadi Trzebunia

Pike Streamer, Tied by David Gourong - Norway

Gartside Secret Tarpon Minnow, Tied by Jack Gartside

Water Wisp Mayfly, Tied by Dick Talleur

BC Hopper, Tied by Charlie Craven

Fishy's Foam Hopper, Tied by Jay "Fishy" Fullum

Itsy Bitsy Spider, Tied by Jay "Fishy" Fullum

Mary Orvis Marbury Wet Fly Pattern, Tied by Kyle Hand

Deer Hair Frog, Tied by Billy Munn

Deer Hair Diver, Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's Secret Weapon - Rust, Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's Electric Leech, Tied by Tyler Befus

Egg Fly, Tied by Tyler Befus

Squimpish Streamer, Tied by David Nelson

Hot Melt Minnow, Tied by Theo Bakelaar

Realistic Foam Bee, Tied by Bill Logan

Realistic Hopper, Tied by Bill Logan

Realistic Lady Bug, Tied by Bob Mead

Tyler's Mara-Minnow, Tied by Tyler Befus

Grey Hackle Peacock, Tied by Tyler Befus

Brassie Pink and Red, Tied by Ava Befus

Princess Woolly Bugger, Tied by my 4 year old sister Vivian.

Quill Gordon, Tied by Tyler Befus

Bill Logan Wasp variation. Tied by Tyler Befus

Mimi Madam X. Tied by Tyler Befus

Befus Wired Stone, Dark. Tied by Brad Befus

Slow Water Sally. Tied by Brad Befus

Deer Hair Bug. Tied by Brad Befus

CB Diver. Tied by Jay Murakoshi

March Brown Nymph, Tied by Bob Jacklin of West Yellowstone, Montana

Small Olive Stone Adult, Tied by Jason Yeager of Montrose, Colorado

White Woolly Bugger Tied by Buddy Knight of Sandy, Utah

Super realistic flies. Tied by Paul Willock

Befus Para Emerger BWO, Tied by Brad Befus

Tyler's Fakey Nymph, Tied by Tyler Befus

WiredBefus Stone Nymph Tied by Brad Befus

D'S Minnow Tied by : Brad Befus

Some of Bill Blackstone's Realistics.

Dun Quill Dry Fly. Tied by Tyler Befus

The Medly Streamer. Designed and tied by Tyler Befus

Night Hawk Tied by Brad Befus

Miss Vivian -Tied by Brad Befus

Yankee - Tied by Tyler Befus

Watson's Fancy - Tied by Tyler Befus

Tyler's Secret Weapon. Tied by Tyler Befus

Realistic Hopper. Tied by Bill Blackstone

Gunnison Special Wet Fly. Tied by Brad Befus

Gunnison No. 1 Wet Fly. Tied by Brad Befus

Fly fishing in the early morning fog on Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Gareth Jones fighting a fish on Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Casting for White Spotted Char, Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Blue Mesa Reservior October 2008

My dad (Brad Befus) fighting a fish on one of the small lakes at Hecoma Ranch.

Capt. Bruce Chard of Big Pine Key, Florida and Capt. Pat Ehlers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin wading the flats of San Luis Lake for carp. Near Alamosa, Colorado.

Fly Fishing at Ridgeway Reservoir. Ridgway State Park, Colorado.

One of the Small Ponds at Ridgeway State Park, Colorado

Fly Fishing a Small Pond at Ridgeway State Park, Colorado

Blue Mesa Res. right after the ice came off.

Floating and fly fishing for bluegill.

Early Season Bass Fishing at Chipeta Lake in Montrose, Colorado.

Fly Fishing for Bass in a Farm Pond.

Stalking Carp at San Luis Lake, CO

Float Tubing a Small Lake for Bass

Dome Lake at Dusk

Fly Fishing the Uncompahgre River near Montrose, Colorado 2009

Fly fishing Oshino Spring Creek, Japan 2009

Winter on the Blue River neart Silverthorne, Colorado 2009

Uncompahgre River near Montrose, Colorado 2009

South Platte River, Downtown Denver (Looking for Carp!)

Uncompahgre River in Montrose, Colorado. January 2009

Nymph fishing on the Uncompahgre River near Montrose, Colorado. January 2009

Blue River near Silverthorn, Colorado. January 2009

The East River in Colorado. October 2008

Tyler Befus Photo Gallery

Gunnison River at Cooper's Ranch. August 2008

Willow Creek in Taylor Park, Colorado

Chris Major with a Willow Creek brown trout. Taylor Park, Colorado

Tayloer River Catch and Release section September 2008

East River near Almont, Colorado

Exploring a small stream.

Roaring River in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Spey casting on the Gunnison River. Colorado

Gunnison River at Coopers Ranch. Near Gunnison, Colorado.

South Platte River above Spinney Res. Hartsel, Colorado.

Hooked Up! South Platte River below Spinney Res.

The Dream Stream! South Platte River below Spinney Res.

Fly Fishing the Uncompahgre River at PA-CO-CHU-PUK, Ridgeway State Park, Colorado

Tomichi Creek flowing out of it's banks. Near Gunnison, Colorado.

Checking out the water on "The Dream Stream", South Platte River, Colorado.

Gaudelupe River in Texas.

Fly Fishing at Oshino Spring Creek near Mt. Fuji Japan.

It is important to stay hidden when fish small high country streams.

Fly fishing the Taylor River in Colorado.

Pat and Carol Oglesby floating the upper Gunnison River

Uncompahgre River near Montrose, Colorado

Check out all this snow at the Taylor River below Taylor Reservior

The Trinity River near Fort Worth, Texas

Early Spring on the upper Gunnison River near the town of Gunnison

Fishing for Yamame in a small stream in Japan.

Fishing a small, high country stream

South Fork of the Rio Grande River. Near So. Fork, Colorado

Nymph fishing in the Chikuma River, Japan

Tyler Casting in the Chikuma River in Japan

Tyler Fishing the Gaudalupe River, Texas

East Portal Gunnison River

Fishing on the Taylor Rvier Below Taylor Reservior

The Rio Grande at South Fork

Black Canyon of the Gunnison River

Roaring River in Rocky Mnt. National Park

South Platte, Cheesman Canyon

Getting ready to release a Japanese Sea Bass, Tokyo Bay, Japan 2009

A monster Jpanese Sea Bass (83cm) from Tokyo Bay, Japan 2009

Fly fishing in Tokyo Bay for Sea Bass, Japan 2009

Blackfin Japanese Sea Bass from Tokyo Bay, Japan 2009

Japanese Sea Bass in Tokyo Bay, Japan 2009

Ready to go catch Sea Bass with Captian K in Japan

Japanese Sea Bass in Tokyo Bay

Getting Ready to Release a Texas Redfish

Holy Mackrel! San Diego, CA

Spotted Bass, San Diego, CA

Chasing Redfish in South Texas

Aransas Pass, Texas Redfish

Filming "A Kid's Guide to Fly Fishing" DVD

A group of students from Kushiro Elementary School that I taught fly casting to. Japan 2009

Giving a thank you speech at the 2009 Fly Fishing Festa, Lake Akan, Japan

Teaching a kids fly fishing class at the 2009 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Tying flies at the 2009 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Tying flies in the tying theater at the 2009 International Sportsman's Expo in Denver, Colorado

Fly Tying Demonstration and Book Signing at Bass Pro Shops, Denver, Colorado 2009

Fly Tying Demonstration at Angler's Covey, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2009

Book Signing and Fly Tying Demonstration at WEstern Anglers Fly Shop in Grand Junction, Colorado 2009

Book Signing and Fly Tying Demonstration at Cimarron Creek Fly Shop, Montrose, Colorado 2009

Casting in the "Best of the West" distance casting competition at the 2009 International Sportsmen's Expo. Denver, Colorado.

Signing books in the authors booth at the 2009 International Sportsmen's Expo. Denver, Colorado

Doing a casting presentation at the 2009 International Sportsmen's Expo. Denver, Colorado.

Book signing at Cimarron Creek Fly Shop. Montrose, Colorado.

Giving a fly fishing program to the 6th grade students of Acres Green Elementary School. Littleton, Colorado.

Teaching kids about Fly Fishing at teh 2008 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo. Grand Junction, Colorado.

Tying Flies at the 2008 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo. Grand Junction, Colorado

Teaching Fly Casting at the Boys Fly Fishing and Faith Adventure, Montrose, Colorado

Talking to a group of 6th grade students about fly fishing at Acres Green Elementary School.

Buddy Knight Tying Flies at teh 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show

Kurt Zelazny Tying Flies at the 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show

Showing and telling other kids how to tie flies.

Doing a book signing with Al Cauci the author of Hatches and Hatches II

Teaching a kids fly casting class at the 2007 Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo

Teaching other kids how to tie flies at the 2007 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Expo

Doing what I enjoy most - talking to kids about fly fishing and signing books

The fly plate that was actioned at the 2006 International Fly Tying Symposium in Somerst, NJ

Getting set up for a fly tying program at the Fly Fishing Show in Somerset, NJ, 2007

Tying flies at the South Fork, Colorado Fly Fishing Festival

Rainbow from Forrest Springs fishing park, Japan 2009

Cross between a Brook Trout and White Spotted Char, Japan 2009

Yamame trout from Oshino Spring Creek, Japan 2009

An Iwanna from Oshino Spring Creek, Japan 2009

White Spotted Char, Lake Akan, Japan 2009

White Spotted Char from Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Gareth Jones with a nice Cherry Salmon from Lake Akan, Japan 2009

Cutbow from Hecoma Ranch

Kamloops Rainbow caught at Hecoma Ranch

The Befus Girls witha Kokanee salmon from the East River. October 2008

Gunnison River Rainbow at the East Portal, November 2008

My first Rio Grande Cutthroat. Photo by Pat Oglesby

A healthy rainbow caught at a private pond in Montorse, Colorado.

An amazing Greenback Cutthroat. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Greenback Cutthroat. Colorado's State Fish.

Releasing a Greenback Cutthroat on the Roaring River in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Colorado River Cutthroat from the Uncompahgre River at the Pa-Co-Chu-Puk area below Ridgway Reservoir, Colorado

My! What nice teeth you have.

A big Rainbow from Hecoma Ranch near Cedaredge, Colorado.

A bright male Kokanee Salmon from the Eat River in Colorado.

Heading home!

A real pale Brown from the upper Gunnison River.

Upper Gunnison River Rainbow.

Snake River Cutthroat from Hecoma Ranch. Cedaredge, Colorado.

A small kokanee salmon from Dallas Creek above Ridgeway Res.

Another healthy Gunnison River Brown.

Gunnison River Brown Trout near Gunnison, Colorado.

A Dream Stream Brown Trout. South Platte River.

Donaldson Steelhead

A Japanese Amago. Like a Yamame but with red spots.

A Japanese Iwanna. Iwanna means "Rock Fish".

Brook trout are so cool!

A brown trout that ate a streamer after dark.

Brown trout in Fall colors.

My what a funny face you have!

Colorful Taylor River Rainbow

Getting ready to release a kokanee salmon in fall colors.

A male kokanee salmon from the East River in Colorado

Releasing a Greenback Cutthroat in Rocky Mountain National Park

Rio Grande River Brown Trout

Trout tails!

A chrome rainbow.

My first trout on the spey rod.

Giant Colordo Greenback Cutthroat Trout!

Tyler Releasing a Dream Stream Rainbow

A Toad Gunnison River Rainbow

Early Spring Gunnison River Brown

My first Cheesman Canyon Brown Trout, South Platte River

Releasing an East Portal Gunnison River Brown Trout

Texas, Gaudelupe River Rainbow

Small Stream Brook Trout

Greenback Cutthroat

Japanese Yamame Trout

My First Fish on a Fly Rod!

Cutthroat Spots

Gunnison River Brown Trout

Brook Trout Spots!

Releasing a crappie.

San Luis Valley Carp! Caught at Colorado Gators!

Mr. Crappie!

A Green Sunfish that ate a bead head nymph. Montrose, Colorado

A Junior Carp!

San Luis Lake Carp. Near Alamosa, Colorado

Flyfishing for bass in St. Louis, MO

Missouri Largemouth Bass

Carp Tails!

Jon Spiegle with a Carp

Capt. Pat Ehlers with a Rocky Mountain Bonefish

A Nice Largemouth at Sunrise

Farm Pond Largemouth Bass

Bluegill

Crappie

A Face Only a Mother Could Love!

Texas Yellow Bullhead