Daryl Burry
20 Curtis Place
St. John`s , NL  A1B 3G8
Phone: (709) 722-8346
Email: daryl@punkmac.com or salmonghillie@yahoo.ca

Bio: Daryl Burry is 47 and has fished for Atlantic salmon since he was 8 years old. He has been a professional Atlantic salmon/trout guide for approximately 25 years. Unlike many guides who limit their activities to their ‘home rivers’, he has an in depth and intimate knowledge of a majority of Newfoundland & Labrador’s nearly 200 scheduled and unscheduled salmon rivers. Although he sometimes guides for lodges the majority of his work is freelance. He guides clients from all over the globe and is ‘on the river’ practically everyday of the season. Burry is a strong advocate of hook and release angling and agrees with famed American sportsman Lee Wulff`s statement that "the Atlantic salmon is too wonderful a creature to be caught just once." Although his true passion is salmon angling and guiding he also cherishes his time at the vise. Daryl is also a world class dresser of traditional featherwing Atlantic salmon flies. He was declared a Master Tyer at the North Atlantic Salmon Fund’s fly tying competition/auction held in Norway in 1996. The proceeds helped in the initial buyout of the commercial salmon fishery off Greenland with the hopes that it would result in an increase in the numbers of large or multi-seawinter fish. He dresses traditional featherwing salmon flies for exhibition and also for fishing. “There’s just something about hooking an Atlantic salmon on a full dressed Silver Grey”. Burry also ties numerous hairwings each year. His flies have been featured in books such as Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies by Paul Marriner and Shrimp and Spey Flies for Salmon and Steelhead by Chris Mann and Robert Gillespie. He instructs fly tying classes during the winter months and appears at outdoor/fly fishing trade shows and various other venues. Daryl Burry is a member of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, a former board member of the Salmonid Association of Eastern Newfoundland (SAEN) and former member of the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland (SPAWN).

Narrative: I figure I’ve tied with practically every conceivable hook out there over the years from antique blindeyes to just about every make/style of salmon hook available today (including value priced knockoffs). As far as I’m concerned, nothing compares to Daiichi, PERIOD! Beautiful hooks.

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