About Lance Gray
Lance started fly fishing with his father and brother Lincoln at age 7. In his teens, he began tying flies commercially for shops around Northern California. At 17, he went to work at Powell's Fly Shop in Chico, where he worked in the fly shop and built rods. He guided Powell’s, conducted fly-tying and fly-fishing schools, and traveled.
In 1993, Lance and Kirsten started Saltwater Innovations, a company that manufactured and distributed products for saltwater fly fishing. Lance’s Crystal Popper, Gray’s Billfish Fly, the KO Charlie line, and the Raghead Crabs are all Saltwater Innovations products. Kirsten worked behind the scenes, handling the day-to-day operations and running the company's manufacturing floor.
In 2003, they launched Lance Gray & Company, a full-service outfitter offering guided trips, fly-fishing tours, workshops, and a travel agency.
Lance conducts presentations at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows. While volunteering with veterans, Kirsten and Lance support local groups like Cub Scouts and 4H. He's a signature tier for Aqua Flies and a pro staff member for Sage, RIO, Simms, Fishpond, and Umpqua Feather Merchants. He is a featured writer, with articles published in Angling Trade Magazine, California Fly Fisher, Fly Fishermen, and American Fly Fishing. Lance is a columnist. His column “The Foraging Angler” is published bi-monthly in the California Fly Fisher Magazine. Kirsten is a fantastic photographer. Her images have been published in many fly-fishing/outdoor periodicals, such as Fly Fishermen and California Fly Fisher, and on websites throughout the fly-fishing industry.
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Workshop
I would love to do a on the river workshop with the club. 6 members max - $50 per person. We will do it at Hammon Grove, We can start at 9 and go to 12pm.
The Streamer Workshop will cover everything in the Fly Club’s meeting presentation, but it will be hands-on. We will walk through the rigging, flies, on-the-water tactics, and the cast and presentations we use with streamers.
The Streamer Workshop will be on April 12, 2024—six students at $50 per student. I will have three setups for folks to use. I will provide the flies and leaders.