About Dan Johnson's Saltwater Flies

Welcome to Dan Johnson's Saltwater Flies. It is my ambition to provide my customers with the most extensive selection of premium saltwater flies and custom saltwater flies available anywhere. The flies shown on this site are in no way a comprehensive list of saltwater patterns I produce, just the most popular. While I earned my reputation by tying Redfish flies, my flies for Seatrout, Tarpon, Snook, Baby Tarpon, Ladyfish, Jack Crevalle, Black Drum, Cobia, Bonefish, Tripletail, and Permit work just as well. Give them a try, you won't regret the decision. I will gladly tie almost any custom pattern my customers desire, with the price agreed upon before doing so. Visit the Custom page to find out how to order custom flies.

All flies are tied on Mustad stainless steel hooks unless otherwise specified. My customers satisfaction comes first. I guarantee my flies against defects in workmanship. I will not, however, guarantee them against attacks by fish.

About Dan

I started my career as a flytier in November 1990. Back then, the saltwater flyfishers choice of commercially available patterns for species such as Redfish, Spotted Seatrout, Snook, etc. was pretty limited. I had the good fortune to be taught by, then to work for, the well known professional tier Tom Lentz. When Tom retired in 1991 I assumed his business. For the next few years I worked as a full time tier to support myself while I attended graduate school to earn a Masters degree. I am now a teacher in a public high school and continue to tie to supplement my income. By my best count, I have produced just shy of 13,000 dozen flies on my well worn Renzetti vise.

My home in Brevard County, Florida puts me smack in the middle of some of the best Redfish, Seatrout, and Snook fishing in the world. Consequently, I have built an excellent reputation for patterns aimed at enticing those species. Two of my Redfish flies, the Redfish Candy (Cherry) and the Indian River Redfish fly have taken numerous I.G.F.A. recognized world records. My fly patterns have been written about or published in a number of respected publications which are listed below.

I have worked extremely hard to earn my reputation for providing a premium quality, very consistent product. You can not buy a better made fly anywhere in the world. I look forward to letting you see this for yourself.

Publications:
Allen, Farrow. “Southeast Regional Fly”, Fly Fish America
Butler, Jim. “Dixie Reds”, Fly Rod & Reel, Jan/Feb 1995
Meyer, Deke. Saltwater Flies, Frank Amato Publications, Portland OR, 1995
Sargent, Bill. Florida Today Newspaper, “Outdoors”, numerous occasions
Shupe, Jim. “Record Reds in Record Numbers”, Florida Sportsman Magazine, Feb 1991
Stewart, Dick and Farrow, Allen. Flies for Saltwater, Mountain Pond Publishing, North Conway, NH, 1992

Other:
Featured Flytier. “National Flyfishing and Wingshooting Show” Miami, FL Nov 1993