2025 Sowbug Roundup Special Guest

Pat Dorsey

For more than 30 years, master fly-fishing guide Pat Dorsey has been helping anglers of all ages and skill levels discover the joy of fly-fishing Colorado’s legendary tailwaters. Pat is co-owner and head guide of the Blue Quill Angler Fly Shop in Evergreen, CO. His professional fishing experience and knowledge of the local water set him apart from other guides. He’s proud to be sponsored by many fine fly-fishing equipment and apparel companies, including Simms, Sage, Whiting, Orvis and more. He’s also a signature fly designer for Umpqua Featger Merchants. As a fishing guide, Dorsey not only knows the waters of Colorado better than almost anyone, but he’s also an expert when it comes to the equipment you’ll need. Beginners will get the right tackle and flies to get them off to a running start, while seasoned anglers will have their skills and abilities pushed to the next level by Dorsey’s talent and passion.

Along with being an expert fly fisherman, Pat is also a great author and teacher, evident by the valuable information, tips, and techniques to improve your skills he shares in his books and instructional DVD’s. Pat’s books are Tying and Fishing Tailwater Flies, Colorado Guide Flies, Fly Fishing Tailwaters, Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River, and Favorite Flies for Colorado and his DVD Nymphing Strategies.

Pat will be available to personalize/autograph books. Please click on the following link for more information on the books or to order --> Pat Dorsey Books

Pat, his wife Kim, and their five children make their home in Denver, Colorado, just a short drive from Evergreen.

2025 Sowbug Roundup Special Guest

Tim Flagler

Tim Flagler is the owner of Tightline Productions, L.L.C., a video production company located in Califon, NJ. Although he produces video programs over a wide range of topics, his specialty is fly fishing. Tim is a well-known fly tying instructor. His YouTube videos are some of the best in the business and his YouTube channel, practicalpatterns.com Link to Tim's YouTube Channel currently has over 112,000 subscribers and 36 million views. Almost every week he produces a new fly tying or “how to” video which appear not only on his YouTube channel but on Midcurrent and the Orvis News fly fishing blog as well. They’re also featured on Trout Unlimited’s national website and in the Orvis Learning Center. In addition, he has a regular column “Beginner’s Masterclass with Tim Flagler” in Fly Tyer magazine, which selected Tim as their “Fly Tyer of the Year” in their Winter 2022 issue. Many of Tim’s tying videos take the viewer well beyond just the tying of the fly and show what it looks like underwater, what natural it represents and how it can be fished.

Tim’s a fixture at the Fly Fishing Shows - giving presentations, teaching classes and often as a Featured Tier. He enjoys guiding year round for South Branch Outfitters (formerly Shannon’s Fly & Tackle)in Califon, NJ. and hosts annual trips to Patagonia in the spring and to the Kootenai River in MT in the summer. He’ll be hosting trips to Iceland starting in the fall of 2024 or 2025.