fly-tying

The fly-tying room has a secure firearms safe.

Darlene, a branch manager at Windermere, has “taken over” Ed’s fly-tying room as a temporary office, and the existing backyard basketball court “has been a godsend to be able to home-school and do PE out here,” he says.

Anglers can buy premade flies or make their own at home; fly-tying is a popular activity for people when they aren’t on the water.

Although Hutcheson didn’t originally have an online shop, she quickly pivoted and watched sales boom through digital fly-tying lessons.

It was all part of a fly-tying clinic organized by local group MT Fly Gals.