Two Aught

my name is Josh Idol and I’m a commercial fly tier and photographer based in Miami, Florida. I’ve been tying flies for over 30 years and working in the fly fishing industry for more than a decade. every season I tie and sell several thousand flies designed for south Florida’s premier flats fisheries and beyond.

my grandmother gave me my first vise, an old Thompson “A”, along with a bag of assorted materials and a copy of Lefty Kreh’s “Saltwater Fly Patterns.” I’d never seen a fly or held a fly rod but I was obsessed from the moment I cracked open the box. tying has been a constant throughout my life and I enjoy it just as much today as I did then.

the idea for TwoAught came about while I watched my buddy pick through through my fly box at the ramp one morning in the middle of tarpon season. he’d been running charters every day for weeks and his preseason ties were long gone. I realized that unless you have the time and the skill to tie your own flies you just can’t get your hands on the flies that local guides and anglers use down here in south Florida. 

over the last six seasons I’ve had the privilege to tie those flies for some of the best guides and tournament anglers in south Florida and around the world. if you’ve ever wished you could buy the flies you see in your guide’s fly box, now you can.