Originally from Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island. I’ve been saltwater fishing all my life but it was only when I moved to Ireland 21 years ago that I was introduced to Fly Fishing and fell in love with this amazing fishing method. Since catching my first trout on a Bibio I was hooked for life.
I was amazed by the work of art of the Fly Patterns and I knew it was something I would love to learn. I invested on my first Fly tying vice and a Veniard Flytying kit, from there I started practising for countless hours by watching all these amazing Fly dressers on Youtube and following the step by step tutorials from the Fly-Tying Bible (great book for any beginner).
I fished rivers for many years but the Salt always called me back so I decided to give the Saltwater Fly Fishing a try. Once I hooked my first Bass on the fly there was no going back from it. From there I started tying Saltwater patterns which now I specialise in these days. Species I mainly target are Bass, Seatrout, Pollock but to be honest any species I can catch on the coast with a fly.
Some of my favourite patterns would be Flat Wings, Baitfish and Shrimp patterns, I love tying and fishing these as they are very effective.
I joined the Ahrex Pro Team in 2020 and very soon after that I became a member of The FlyCo Family, with recently joining the Easyshrimpeyes Elite tyers team last year. The support I’ve received from these companies has been amazing, always providing me with Quality Fly-tying materials and Quality Hooks for any pattern I would like to tie from river patterns to saltwater patterns, I can’t thank them enough for all they have done for me and the opportunity they have given me to join their team.
Like I always say: Quality Materials equals Quality Flies.
It’s been a busy year tying in several shows here in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Really looking forward to what is still to come, and I look forward to see you all at my next Fly Fair.
For those who are interested to see some of my work you can see it on:
Instagram: Cast_by_John
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=castbyjohn under CastbyJohn Flytying
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCML9No6YxJYkzKt7QXGjBTQ/videos
Tight Lines,
John Maduro

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