About the author

Paul Marriner

<p>Paul Marriner owns and operates Gale&rsquo;s End Press. A member of the Outdoor<br /> Writer&rsquo;s Association of Canada, his articles have appeared in magazines on<br /> six continents and number in the hundreds. He has written nine print and<br /> three other digital titles (Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Atlantic Salmon: A<br /> Fly Fishing Reference, and Fly Fishing in Lakes &amp; Ponds) and contributed<br /> to several anthologies. In 1991 Paul won the Gregory Clark Award for outstanding<br /> contributions to the arts of fly fishing and in 2008 the Jean-Guy<br /> C&ocirc;t&eacute; Award for continuous contributions to the arts of fly tying. A flyfisher<br /> for more than fifty years he has angled for a host of fresh and salt water species<br /> in fourteen countries and made numerous appearances as a presenter of<br /> programs about fly fishing and fly tying. Paul has five decades of experience<br /> at the vise and only a little less time teaching new tiers.</p>