Hi, my name is Dave Wiltshire. I live near Bristol, in the south West of England. My great interest lies in fishing running water - especially tiny brooks and streams. For me, tying is all about simple, suggestive patterns and at the Swedish Fly Fair I’ll be demonstrating a selection of my favourite river patterns which include nymphs, dry-flies, spiders... I love fishing them all! When I get the chance, I also like to fish the fly for pike and sea-trout too. I am lucky to have some really great waters just short drives from where I live.

Fly tying and fishing has introduced me to some great friends and I hope to meet even more when I visit the show. I am tying on the Saturday and the Sunday.

Over the last year, I’ve been keeping an update on my fishing and tying at: http://davewiltshireflytying.blogspot.com/.

I have also been developing a new website, giving tutorials for my favourite river patterns: http://www.riverflybox.co.uk/. There are plans for some guest tiers to join in too, so please take a look regularly.

I am really looking forward to the show – see you there.

~Dave