™2012 Featured Guests Biographies:
In keeping with our great tradition of bringing you the “Industry Experts”, we are once again very proud of the “Featured Guests” who will be on hand to meet/greet/interact with all of our attendees this year.
Doug Moody - Creator of the “Bark Eater Bamboo Fly Fishing Poles”, accomplished fly fishermen and freelance musician.
Doug has been making Bamboo Fly Rods for over 20 years. His life-long passion for Adirondack small stream fishing let him to create unique rods for local waters, and form “Bark Eater Bamboo” in 2006. He also teaches Fly Rod Building and repair classes at the Adirondack Folk School in Lake Luzerne NY, and demonstrates cane rod building at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY. When not pursuing his passion for fly fishing, Doug works as a freelance musician, playing violin and singing with many regional and international acts. Doug will be on hand throughout the event showing how he builds his Bamboo Poles through all the various stages of production. Come watch first-hand all the processes involved in making these classic pieces of working equipment and maybe take one home for yourself.
Don Wharton – Adirondack Author
Don is no stranger to our event as he was a “Featured Guest” back at our very first Fall Edition Show in September 2008. A native of Amsterdam, he graduated from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse and served with the Marine Corps in Vietnam. He then worked in the forestry field in the Adirondacks and Oregon. Don has previously written two books: “Adirondack Forest and Stream: An Outdoorsmen’s Reader” and “Backwoods Tales: Adirondack Reader II”. He now returns with his newest book “Adirondack Sportsman’s Reader – Stories of Adirondack Deer Hunting, Trout Fishing, Wildlife, Woodsmen and Bush Pilots”. He has also written articles for many magazines including NYS Conservationalist, Northern Woodlands, Adirondack Life, American Forests, Outdoor Life and Vietnam. He will be on hand the entire weekend selling & signing copies of all three of his books.
“The Bone Man” Sy Lloyd – Forensic Bone Studies Display Creator
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Known as “The Bone Man”, Sy will be showing off his unique animal skeletons and forensic bone studies display. He started his forensic bone studies at age 15, when he found a dead Great Blue Heron near his home. He assembled the Heron on a piece of plywood and gave it to his school science teacher in Otego. The teacher had this Bird in his classroom from 1951 until he retired in the 1980’s, and his Daughter now has it on display in her home. After High School, Sy went into the Army and upon discharge, attended college in Oneonta. While at Oneonta, he worked with college professors on their forensic bone research and restarted his work articulating skeletons. After College, Sy embarked on a 28 year career as a High School Teacher in Greenlawn NY (Long Island), where he taught Biology, Earth Science and General Science. Animal carcasses, and Beetles used to clean the carcasses/skeletons were always in his classroom and his students did many dissections beyond what the state required. Sy also volunteered at Smithtown-Setauket Envronmental Center, where he built an extensive collection of articulated skeletons and skulls. His skeletons can also be found at the New York State Museum in Albany, two separate collections at Paul Smiths College, and at the Visitor-Interpretive Centers to the Adirondack Park in Newcomb and Paul Smiths. In addition, DEC has 10 collections created by him that their officers use when traveling to NYS Schools for their “Eagle Program”. Many New York State & New Jersey Schools also have extensive collections he created. He recently delivered articulated displays of a Red-Tailed Hawk and Great Horned Owl to the Raptor Trust in Basking Ridge NJ. A collection is also currently in Paraguay where his nephew teaches in a Christian School. He now travels the Northeast putting on programs for Scouting Troops, Schools, County Fairs, Sportsmen Clubs and now “Outdoorsman Shows”. Come meet Sy and see his unique display up close & personal and learn how to start articulating displays of your own.
In addition to the three “Featured Guests”, there will be many other Authors, Writers and unique Industry Experts on hand throughout the event. Come meet and learn from the best!Check our website the day before the event to see the Official Seminar Schedule. Seminar Schedules will also be handed out at the admission area the day(s) of the show.
2011 Featured Guests Biographies:
In keeping with our great tradition of bringing you the “Industry Experts”, we are once again very proud of the “Featured Guests” who will be on hand to meet/greet/interact with all of our attendees.
Tom Yacovella – Wildlife Artist, Writer, Educator, National Award-Winning Designer and NYS Fishing Record Holder
Tom may be one of the most accomplished artists to ever grace the Adirondacks. He graduated Magna Cum Laude (in Advertising Design) from Syracuse University and studied his 5th year at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has held the position of Art Director at a NYC Ad Agency, In-House Designer for Corning Glass, IBM and General Electrics.
As a Wildlife Artist, Tom has been a devout student of the outdoors for 50 years. This has enabled him to create hundreds of works that accurately depict Animals and Fish in the wild. Some of the accolades for his works include; First Place in the 2006 International Art Competition sponsored by “Art Magazine”, First Place in the 2006 Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Winner of the 2003 International Art Competition, People’s Choice Winner of the 2003&1999 NYS Fair Wildlife Art Exhibition, Winner of the 2001 National Rural Life Art Show, to name a few. Tom has been featured on ESPN’s “True Outdoor Adventures.
He is the author of guide books “the Art of Camaflouge” and “Wild Turkey Guide”. He also authored a book called “The Fall”, which is a first-person account of a disastrous fall from a tree stand that was published in Outdoor Life magazine in October 1998. Tom is also a Wild Turkey advocate and co-founder of the Adirondack WildTurkey Unlimited, as well as a member of the NYS Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame.
And if all this were not enough, Tom caught the New York State Record Brook Trout in 2006. The lunker was 21” long, weighed 5lbs 4 ½ ounces and had an incredible girth of 15”. Upon having this record mounted, Tom handled the finishing touches of painting the record fish himself. He will have the Record Brook Trout, as well as pieces of all his art work available for viewing/sale at our event. To learn more about Tom, visit his website at www.yacovellart.com .
Dan Ladd – Outdoor Writer & Adirondack Author
This is Dan’s second time being a “Featured Guest” at our events. We featured Dan a few years ago when he released his first book called “Deer Hunting in the Adirondacks”.
Dan returns this year with his newest book called “Well Seasoned in the Adirondacks”. This new book is a compilation the newspaper articles he has written over the years in his capacity as an Outdoor Writer for several publications across New York State.
Dan currently writes for the The Chronicle Newspaper in Glens Falls, Press Republican in Plattsburgh, Vermont’s Outdoors Magazine, and the New York Outdoor News. Dan is also the creator and webmaster of the popular hunting site called www.adkhunter.com .
Dan uses this site to promote hunting & fishing in the Adirondacks and encourages reader participation by featuring hunting and fishing success stories (and photos) from his readersl. Dan is also very active with the New York State Outdoor Writers Association.
He was instrumental in bringing the NYS Outdoor Writers Spring Safari to Fulton County (Peck’s Lake) back in 2010. He also had a hand in our (Fulton County’s) successful bid to bring the group back to Fulton County in the Fall of 2011 for the NYS Outdoor Writers Annual Conference.
Dan has been a great friend to our show and the efforts of all Outdoorsman across the state for many years. He will be on hand with copies of his books available for signing. To learn more about Dan, visit www.adkhunter.com .
Todd Mead - Adirondack Deer Hunting Author
Todd Mead is our third Featured Guest and he recently authored a Deer Hunting Book titled “A Lifetime of Big Woods Hunting Memories: Hunting in the Adirondacks with a Father & Son”.
Mead, who grew up in Kingsbury NY (small rural farming community on the Southern edge of the Adirondack Park), began writing when he was in High School & College! Upon graduating from college (SUNY Oneonta) he took a job with Tribune Media, where he still works as an International Editor.
A few years ago, Todd was challenged by a good friend to take his vast amount of knowledge on hunting, along with the many stories he and his Dad (Charlie Mead) had about hunting in the Adirondacks and put them into a book. The end result was Todd’s first book and a website that contains Blogs about his experiences.
Todd will be attending our show with copies of his book and a unique display of the trophy Whitetail Deer that he has shot. You can see them all for yourself, up close and personal. To learn more about Todd and see his Blogs, go to www.toddmead.com .
In addition to the three featured guests, there will be many other Authors, Writers and unique Industry Experts on hand at the event. Come meet and learn from the best!
