Check out these cool fly fishing adventure photographs from Tyler and his family.
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
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 teh 2008 Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show.
Bob Jacklin and his wife Sharon with me and my sisters at teh 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 teh 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
