My name is Caleb Van Wagner, I am 32 years of age. I have been fly fishing and tying for roughly 20 years. I am a native to Colorado, having grown up in a rural setting; the outdoors played a central role in the forging of my fly fishing passion. I began to fly fish and tie flies at roughly the same time after a family reunion in the flat tops region. I was mesmerized by the dance between the anglers and that amazing loop that followed his every move. And that was just casting, after the minute dry fly gently fluttered down to the water’s surface a slight twitch enticed an eager cutthroat to strike. With a bubbling whirl the mosquito disappeared below the emerald surface of the water. In this brief moment my love, and later in life, my obsession, for fly fishing and tying was galvanized.

Career Highlights

• Started the first fly tying club that was held at a brewery in the nation. (According to beer drinkers guide to colorado 2008/09)
• 2nd place podium finish at the GoPro Mountain Games 2014
• Only 1 of 2 competitors to break the 100 ft mark during the GoPro Mountain Games
• 2 times qualifier/attendant at the National Fly Fishing tournament
• Guest speaker on ESPN talk radio
• 22lbs cutbow on public water
• Broke the mythical 120ft mark with a 9 ft 5 wt
• 2nd place podium finish at the Golden Games 2014
• Teaching kids to fish 
• Team USA youth fly fish coach
• Contracted presenter at the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Denver