What ever happened to my fly tying picture framer friend, Mark Roth? If anyone knows how I can reach him, please let me know, as the mail I sent to his house/garage workshop in Woodland Park seems to have been returned. You can drop me a line at sportingroad@gmail.com. The following used to appear on his site about his hand rubbed wooden fly frames, which are unparalleled:
| Roth Angling | |
| All items are hand made one at a time…nothing here is mass-produced or farmed out. I started fly-fishing at age 11, and then filled my first professional fly order at age 12 in 1973, after being taught by Andy Puyans while working in his shop in Pacheco, Calif. I took up framing in 1988 following a number of customer requests. Some fishermen may have seen my small magazine ads in the late ’80s and early ’90s in ‘Fly Rod & Reel’ and ‘Fly Fisherman’ magazines, at which time I put out a small mail order catalog…this web site now functions as the catalog. A fly plate presentation consists of assorted flies mounted in a recessed shadowbox-depth frame, either with or without angling art or a photograph to correspond with the chosen flies. Each finished fly plate on this page is signed and dated, flies tied by Mark Roth. If you would like your own flies mounted in a fly plate, see: Custom Fly Framing page. Or if you see a design below you’d like to add your own flies to, inquire for a quote for a ‘kit-only’ on these without the flies. Each fly plate includes archival mats with gold & black French mat lines, acid-free backing, and each fly carefully mounted in a cherry frame. The depth of the frame is about 1-3/8″, while the width (facing front edge) is 3/4″. This shadowbox depth allows the flies to be ‘floated’ on thin wire mounts, giving an attractive three-dimensional visual effect. Frames are hand-rubbed, polished domestic hardwood (solid wood, not veneered or stained). This type of framing costs a bit more, but in the long run the mat bevels will not turn yellow as with paper mats, nor will artwork be compromised by non-archival matting or mounting materials. And the end results just look better. | |
| Roth Angling PO Box 38103 Colorado Springs Colorado Web Link http://www.rothangling.com/ |
