My name is Braden Miller, I am 17 years old, and I have been tying flies and fly fishing since I was eight. I basically taught myself to cast a fly rod my grandmother gave me in my backyard. Catching my first fish on my fly rod was a day I will never forget. She downsized some more and, one day, dropped off an old vice and a bunch of material at my house. I learned to tie flies first, by the intro book that came with my vise kit, and then I moved on to watching videos on Youtube and Instagram; I was and continue to be eager to learn all that I could. Some of the tyers I watched were Blane Chocklett, Bob Popovics, Brian Wise, from Fly Fishing the Ozarks, Gunnar Brammer, Kelly Galloup, and Mike Shultz. I really learned a lot from watching these very talented tyers. My favorite flies to tie are large articulated streamers. I can tie the smaller type of flies, but the smallest fly I prefer to tie is a micro-game changer. I will be on Tiers Row at several shows tying and selling flies, and at some shows, you will find me in the Temple Fork Outfitters booth.