Dusty Wissmath

 

Dusty grew up in Missouri, started fly fishing when he was eight, and spent his formative years highly distracted by the sport. He began guiding and teaching fly fishing in the early seventies while working on a degree in Wildlife Biology at the University of Wyoming. Living in Jackson after dropping out of law school, he tied commercially for High Country Flies and guided the Snake, Green, and New Fork Rivers and in Yellowstone National Park.

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In 1996, he founded the Dusty Wissmath Fly Fishing School & Guide Service in the hills near Mercersburg, PA, where it quickly earned a reputation as a professional yet easygoing fly fishing school. As well as directing his own school, he heads the Orvis Fly Fishing School in Boiling Springs, PA, is an instructor at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing, and served as the lead instructor at L.L. Bean’s Fly Fishing School in Virginia. He hosts trips to fly fishing destinations worldwide, including Belize, Iceland, Chilean Patagonia, and Montana. Dusty is a Costa Guide Ambassador and a Pro Staff member of Scott Fly Rods, Hatch Reels, Patagonia, and Hyde Drift Boats.  His writing and photography can be found in several fly fishing publications.  He is an F.F.I. certified casting instructor and is completing a book *Fundamentals of Fly Fishing, an Invitation to the Sport*.  When not on or near the water, Dusty can be found chasing grouse and woodcock with Jim the Wonder Dog.

 

"Dusty is a natural teacher and it has been my pleasure to watch students respond to his easy manner." 

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"Dusty is one of the best casting/fly fishing instructors I know, and You learn a lot while having a great deal of fun. I can guarantee he can make you a better fly fisherman." 

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