Originally from Dallas, Kristian Cole attended Texas A&M Corpus Christi, where he did a lot of poling the flats around Port Aransas for redfish and fishing the jetties for Texas tarpon, jacks, Spanish mackerel, and king mackerel. He also spent time offshore working as a deck hand and fishing all over the Gulf of Mexico. Now back in Dallas, Cole is a critical part of the sales and education teams at Tailwaters Fly Fishing Company.

We’re delighted to have Cole speak on effective patterns at this year’s festival at our first ever, Bourbon & Bass Bugs Class. Customers in this class will learn from Cole what bass bugs to fish, and where and how. Seating is quite limited so don’t miss your chance to take advantage of this cool class.