Drew Chicone
🛩️ Curator of Outdoor Experiences 🎣 Director at Maven Rods USA ✍🏻 Author & Outdoor Writer 📣 Lecturer & Fly Fishing Educator🔪 Culinarian 🪶 Fly Artificer & Material Inventor 🥃 Rum Purveyor @ Frigate Reserve Rum
- Role
- Fly Designer, Author, Materials Expert, Consultant & Lecturer at Salty Fly Tying
- Location
- Fort Myers, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Drew Chicone
Although Drew Chicone is well-known for his expertise in creating saltwater flies, his…
Experience
Fly Designer, Author, Materials Expert, Consultant & Lecturer
Jun 2008 — Present · Fort Myers, FL, US
Drew Chicone is an author, award-winning outdoor writer and fly designer, photographer, lecturer, and materials expert whose passion for teaching the art of fly tying has inspired numerous how-to articles, books, and detailed instructional guides. He has lived and breathed the sport since he was tall enough to sit at the vise, and his fly creations are well-known and in high demand among saltwater anglers and guides across the globe.Drew has been an F.F.F. Certified Casting Instructor and commercial fly tyer for more than a decade. He is a designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants, and his patterns are sold in quality fly shops and have appeared in over 75 U.S. and international publications. He is the winner of the 2016 and 2017 International Fly Tackle Dealer Best in Show Saltwater Fly Pattern Award, as well as the 2014 I.F.T.D. Iron Fly.At the beginning of 2018, Drew partnered with Wild River Press books to publish three new titles; “Top Saltwater Flies - Bonefish,” “Top Saltwater Flies - Tarpon,” and “Top Saltwater Flies - Permit.” It’s the most extensive tying-instruction series on the subject ever published. The hardcover set is available for sale at Chicone titles include:* Belize Flies (2023)* Saltwater Specialty Flies (2022)* Permit Flies 2 (2021)* Bonefish Flies Abaco (2020)* Paddle Board Fly Fishing: A Beginner’s Guide to S.U.P.(2020)* Snook Flies 2 (2019)* Redfish Flies 2 (2019)* Largemouth Bass Flies (2018)* Baby Tarpon Flies (2017)* Redfish Flies (2014)* Snook Flies (2013)* Essential Bonefish Flies: Andros (2013)* Essential Permit Patterns (2013)* Feather Brain: Developing, Testing, Improving Saltwater Fly Patterns (2013)In addition to his ongoing work as an educator, Drew ties premium saltwater flies for sale through his company: Salty Fly Tying. He is the Director at Maven Rods U.S.A, and frequently hosts destination schools and fishing adventures anywhere saltwater species swim.
Skills
- Marketing
- Fly Fishing
- Online Advertising
- Video
- Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Digital Photography
- Strategy
- Lecturing
- Consulting
- Entrepreneurship
- Integrated Marketing
- New Media
- Strategic Planning
- Online Marketing
- Management
- Team Building
- Video Editing
- Marketing Strategy
- Crm
- Published Author
- Blogging
- Creative Writing
- Salesforce.com
- Newsletters
- Strategic Partnerships
- Business Development
- Fly Tying
- Sales
- Data Analysis
- Brand Development
- Analytics
- Public Relations
- Fly Tying Materials Expert
- Business Strategy
- Google Analytics
- Magazine Articles
- Photoshop
- Publishing
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