Mike Valla is the Northeast Field Editor for Eastern Fly Fishing magazine and a recipient of the Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award. He is the author of four books, The Founding Flies, Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies, Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings, and Tying the Founding Flies, and has published articles in Fly Fisherman, Fly Tyer, and American Fly Fisher. He lives in Ballston Spa, New York.