ya i have to agree with bill about attending the shows in the USA.
try a trip to the Fly fishing show put on every year in the USA or how about the Fly Tyers Symposium that was just held over the weekend in New Jersey, it attracks tyers from all over the world.
http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Home_Page.html
"I wish we had a show of this type in the United States, which brings together such a talent pool as the BFFI now has."
Check out the tyers in the link below
http://www.internationalflytyingsymp...sandtiers.html