Anthony Hipps is a professional fly tying artist, instructor, and speaker who hails from Lexington, North Carolina.  Anthony received his BA degree from Freed-Hardaman College and his masters from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  He has been tying flies for more than twenty years, specializing in deer hair bass flies, smallmouth bass nymphs, saltwater streamers, and soft-bodied foam poppers. In 2004 he was a featured tier of bonefish flies on the Outdoor Life Network's "Fly Fish TV Magazine." Anthony's current project is fleshing out the manuscript for a book on tying warmwater flies that will be coming out soon.

Anthony is also active with the Federation of Fly Fishers Southeastern Council, serving on the Board of Directors and as the Council's Fly Tying Chairman for the past several years.

He enjoys fishing for smallmouth bass as well as other warmwater species. Two of his favorite "smallie" lures are the Soft-Bodied Popper and the HellCraw. A feature article describing the Soft-Bodied popper appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of Fly Tyer Magazine. Four more articles published in Fly Tyer magazine are Hipps Sandwich Frog, Hipps Hellcraw Nymph, Tying Jig-Flies, and Hipps Soft-Bodied Diver.
Anthony has been influenced by a number of well-known tyers such as Bob Clouser,Skip Morris, Jim Stewart, Chris Helm, Dave Whitlock, Ward Bean,  and Terry and Roxanne Wilson.


Anthony's Favorites

*Favorite Rod:  St Croix Imperial 6/7Wt
*Favorite Fish:  Smallmouth Bass
*Favorite Lake:  Lake Tillery, NC
*Favorite Stream:  Middle James River, VA
*Favorite Fly:  Hipps Soft Body Popper
*Favorite Season:  Fall
*Favorite Book:  The Bible
*Favorite Movie:  Star Wars (the original)

Awards

*FFF-SEC President's Award 2007

Positions/Offices Held

*President NGFF 1998-1999, VP 1996-1997
*Board of Directors FFF-SEC since 1999
*2010 FFF-SEC Conclave Chairman
*FFF-SEC Fly tying Conclave Co-Chair 2004-2007
*Nat Greene Fly Fishers Program Coordinator
*NGFF Fly Tying Instructor 1998-Present



                                     Anthony Hipps Flies
          179 Maple Tree Rd    Lexington, NC 27292  (336) 249-0338
            www.anthonyhipps.com      hippsflies@lexcominc.net