DUG Report post Posted April 7, 2016 My wife's Great Uncle 'Bud' Lon Ellington passed away recently at age 85. Some of you here may have run into him flyfishing in the White Mtns or may have used his flies. His most famous is the Arizona Peacock Lady. My wife still has a mouse fly made of elk hair that he gave her about 20 years ago. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted April 11, 2016 Post a pic of him and perhaps some of his flies if you can. Sorry for your loss. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twowindy Report post Posted April 29, 2016 Lon Ellington was my uncle also.I grew up fishing around him and my grampa john ashby.I'm sure he will missed by a lot of people.He was well known in the fly fishing circles.RIP uncle Bud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted April 29, 2016 Here's a link from Arizona Highways. https://www.arizonahighways.com/blog/lon-ellington-legendary-phoenix-fly-tyer-dies-85 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted May 20, 2016 I only knew him for a short time when we worked on a construction project together in the late 80's. He was a great guy to be around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allforelk Report post Posted May 21, 2016 This bummed me out. When I was a kid, I would buy fly tying materials from him in Phoenix. He was always free with advice and always slipped some freebies in the bag. I'm pouring a whiskey for him now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted May 21, 2016 I've seen him in a few articles and never got the honor of meeting him. Life is shorter than you know. Sounds like someone I would have wanted to sit and talk to. My deepest condolences to family and friends. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
