The late Bob Popovics, famous saltwater fly tier, will be honored at the Fly Fishing Program when it concerns Edison, New Jersey on Jan. 24– 26. The American Museum of Fly Fishing will honor Popovics with the 2025 Izaak Walton Award posthumously on Saturday, Jan. 25. The occasion is set up to begin at 5 p.m., and will likewise include a homage movie and a couple of visitor speakers.
Popovics was a prominent striped bass angler and fly tier, and resided in New Jersey. He was hurt in a hit-and-run in late 2024, and eventually passed away from injuries sustained throughout that occasion. He was 75 years of ages.
As Lynn Burkhead composed in Fly Fisherman Magazine upon Popovics’ death, “To call Popovics a legend would be an understatement, particularly if your world of fly fishing includes the taste of salt in the air, a refreshing breeze rolling inland off the browse, and the sight of baitfish panicking and leaving by the millions as wave after wave of starving striped bass slash into the melee and seagulls wheel about and cry noisily overhead as they look for leftovers.
” That was the sandy grass that Popovics lurked much better than practically anybody provided for years, a skill created by lots of hours of wandering a remote stretch of Jersey coastline few miles south of New york city City’s huge sprawl.”
Popovics originated using epoxy and silicone in baitfish replicas, a practice that believes bled over into every other fly fishing specific niche given that. He composed books and contributed regularly to Fly Angler Publication, and created the Browse Sweet, Bob’s Banger, Fairy floss, and a lot more popular saltwater flies.
You can find out more about Popovics here.
