He launched a similar show in Texas-the Texas Fly Fishing and Brew Festival-five years ago. He remained with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department for another 30 years but, along the way, Beasley became a prolific fly fishing writer with countless articles and two books- Fly Fishing Virginia and Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic-to his credit.įor the past 21 years, Beasley has also been the director of the Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival. “I used fly fishing as a way to get out of the back of the medic unit.”īeasley eventually spent some time helping Guess sell his specialty popping bugs before finding his niche in the fly fishing world. “I was already starting to get a little burned out as a paramedic, seeing everything I saw at work,” he notes. “That first day I caught a bluegill sunfish on a bug and that was it,” says Beasley, who lives in Warrenton. Popping bugs are high-floating, often garishly colored flies used to entice warm water fish such as bass and sunfish. “At the time I had no idea he was one of the country’s foremost popping bug experts.” “He said he’d be happy to show me the basics.”Ī week later, Beasley reached out to the man to take him up on the offer. “I was just trying to make small talk,” he remembers. On the way to the hospital, Beasley was chatting with the man about fly fishing.
Beasley, a 23-year-old Fairfax County paramedic at the time, had responded to a call concerning an angler at Burkes Lake who was having an allergic reaction to a bee sting. For Beau Beasley, it all began in the back of an ambulance.
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