Jack Gartside
Jack Gartside | |
---|---|
Born | (1942-12-07)December 7, 1942 Revere, Massachusetts |
Died | December 5, 2009(2009-12-05) (aged 66) Stoneham, Massachusetts |
Occupation | fly tyer, author, fisherman |
Website | |
jackgartside |
John Clarence "Jack" Gartside was an American fly tyer and fly fishing author.[1]
Considered one of the most talented and innovative fly tyers of the modern era, Gartside was taught how to tie flies at the age of 10 by Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox outfielder.[2] Among his best-known original patterns are the Sparrow, the Soft Hackle Streamer, the Pheasant Hopper, the Gartside Leech, the FishHead, and the Gurgler. His designs have been featured in Eric Leiser's "Book of Fly Patterns," Judith Dunham's "The Art of the Trout Fly," Lefty Kreh's "Salt Water Fly Patterns," Dick Stewart's "Salt Water Flies," Bob Veverka's "Innovative Saltwater Flies," and Dick Brown's "Flyfishing for Bonefish." He was one of the first fly tyers to be profiled in Sports Illustrated (October 12, 1982). Gartside has been profiled in Robert H. Boyle's "Fishing Giants and Other Men of Derring-Do," and David Dibenedetto's "On the Run." In 2010 the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum inducted Gartside into its fly fishing hall of fame. The American Museum of Fly Fishing added a number of Gartside items to its collection.
Tying style
Gartside was a proponent of natural materials and the impressionist style of tying. A common theme in his patterns is blood marabou wound as hackle, as seen in his Soft Hackle Streamer and Soft Hackle Deceiver patterns. Although limited in his use of synthetic materials, he is credited with popularizing the use of corsair tubing (as seen in his FishHead and Floating Minnow patterns), and closed-cell foam (as used in his Gurgler pattern).
Published works
- Flies for the 21st Century
- Fly Patterns for the Adventurous Tyer
- Flyfisherman's Guide to Boston Harbor
- Original Salt Water Fly Patterns
- Scratching the Surface
- Secret Flies
- Striper Flies
- Striper Strategies
Notes
External links
- Official site
- Profiled in Sports Illustrated
- Profiled in Global Flyfisher
- Profiled in Field & Stream
- Interviewed in ESPN on Ted Williams
- Profiled in Wall Street Journal
- Profiled in Boston Globe
- v
- t
- e
- Adams
- Alexandra
- BWO
- Bonefish flies
- Brown Bi-visible
- Bunyan Bug
- Clouser Deep Minnow
- Copper John
- Crazy Charlie
- Dave's Hopper
- Diawl bach
- Egg sucking leech
- Elk Hair Caddis
- Flesh Fly
- Fully dressed flies
- Grey Ghost Streamer
- Hare's Ear
- Humpy
- Jock Scott
- Klinkhammer
- Lefty's Deceiver
- Mallard and Claret
- Mickey Finn
- Muddler Minnow
- Parks' Salmonfly
- Partridge and Orange
- Pheasant Tail Nymph
- Prince Nymph
- Popper
- Red Tag
- Royal Coachman
- Royal Wulff
- Sakasa Kebari
- Salmon fly patterns
- Stimulator
- Surf Candy
- Terrestrials
- Tube fly
- Woolly Bugger
- Woolly Worm
- Wulff flies
- Bibliography of fly fishing (species related)
- Bibliography of fly fishing
- Bibliography of fly fishing (fly tying, stories, fiction)
- Pseudonyms of notable angling authors
- The American Angler's Book
- Blacker's Art of Fly Making
- Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice
- Favorite Flies and Their Histories
- Floating Flies and How to Dress Them
- Fly Fishing (Grey book)
- Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days
- The Fly-fisher's Entomology
- Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream
- The Salmon Fly
- The Way of a Trout with the Fly