Joe Augustine
The International Fly Tying Symposium was held on November 20, 21 at Somerset, NJ, and I’ve given some reports from the meeting. More to come, including this one. On Saturday night, Show originator and promoter, Chuck Furimsky, hosted a dinner for all the exhibitors and tyers at the event. World renowned Jazz Pianist, Joe Augustine, one of the Steinway artists, and David Fink, renowned standup bassist, wowed the crowd with a full hour of very tightly performed jazz. Both Joe and David are fly fishers and understand the inner drive that sustains us. It was evident in their playing and gracious comments to the whistling, whooping, and wildly clapping crowd of fly tyers. For more information on Joe and all his releases, see joeaugustine.com/.
You can hear Joe at www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hPabgfYnI
Joe Augustine--the guy wearing the tie--surrounded by well-entertained fly tyers. Thanks to my friend, Jackson Long, for the photo