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The organizing committee of the Québec/Maritimes Fly Fishing Forum held annually in Granby, nominates a Canadian who over the years has undeniably shown very high standards in the field of fly tying.
The recipient must have demonstrated a continuous contribution either to teaching of fly tying, very high quality fly tying, writings, creations and implication in making fly tying available to all.
In 2007 the Québec/Maritimes Fly fishing Forum has created the Canadian Fly Tiers Wall of Fame in partnership with the Canadian Fly Fishing Museum located in Waterloo.
The annual nominee will have a frame containing one of his flies along with a photograph and a text relating the important stages of his fly tying life put up on the Museum walls of the Canadian Fly Tiers Wall of Fame.
The winner will be announced at the Québec/Maritimes Fly Fishing Forum fund raising banquet held on the Saturday evening of the Forum.
A replica of the frame will be presented to the winner by the representatives of the Canadian Fly Fishing Museum and the Québec/Maritimes Fly Fishing Forum at the Saturday evening fund raising banquet.
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| Presentation of the 2010 Jean-Guy Côté Award |
To Warren Duncan
He tied hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon flies for anglers from all economic and social groups. Perhaps his best known client, and occasional Miramichi fishing partner, was Major League Hall of Famer Ted Williams.
In 1995, Uni Products owner, Jean-Guy Côté was in the process of selecting new colors for his Uni-Stretch material. Concurrently, he was cooperating with a
renowned fly tier who appreciated Uni-Stretch and wanted to be able to use it for one of his special patterns. From this close cooperation, two new colors came to market, Chinese red and chartreuse.
The special pattern was the well-known «Undertaker».
Our winner of the 2010 Jean-Guy Award was born in Campbelton and spent his 32-year working career with the Irving Oil Company.
His avocation was fly tying. Many consider him to have been the fastest tier of high-quality flies of his time. In a demonstration of his flawless technique, he once tied a ready-to-fish Rusty Rat in one minute and thirty seconds. He used a great deal of Uni-Thread in his 25-year fly tying career!
Generous, sometimes to a fault, he loved to share the pleasures of life with family, friends, and acquaintances; a plate of lobster, a smoke, a joke, a glass of rye.
In 1993, the government of New Brunswick requested he create the official fly of the province. This fly, the «Picture Province», was offered to the G-8 leaders in Halifax in 1995.
On February 10, 2007, a customer of Dunc’s Fly Shop, on Hickey Street in St-John, N.B., found him slumped over his tying desk, still holding his bobbin.
 Over the years our winner demonstrated continuous contributions to the art and craft of fly tying including teaching, superior execution, significant pattern creation, and public promotion.
In recognition of his accomplishments, the Canadian Fly Fishing Museum of Canada and the selection committee are very proud to announce Warren Duncan as the winner of the 2010 Jean-Guy Côté Award.
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| The winner of the Jean-Guy Côté Award for 2009 |
In mid March of 1981 along with Leon Larocque I was representing ATOS at the Montreal Dinner of the ASF. That’s where I first met the 2009 recipient of the Jean-Guy Côté Award. He was there representing the fly shop he was working for at that time in his fly tying career.
Our winner was born in Tracadie New Brunswick. At age six his dad suggested to him going fishing in the fourth range brook near Saint-Aubert. Once there his father told him to choose a fly. He went for a bright Red Ibis.
What his father did that day is what sparked his love for fly fishing. Later on when someone would ask what he would do in life he would proudly say he would earn his living by going fly fishing.
Later he would say wanting to go salmon fishing. His dream would come true casting a fly on the Matane, St-Anne and Godbout rivers.
Once in Montreal he is hired by a sports shop and starts tying flies. He became close to Jacques Authier, John Cuco, Serge J.Vincent and Jean-Guy Côté.
His creative mind was the reason for new flies such as the Orange Grey Ghost, Black Domino, Lady Step and Hazel.
Très à l’aise devant la foule ou la caméra, il anime une multitude d’émissions et de séries télévisées pour le bénéfice de nous tous. Il est reconnu maître monteur par la FQSA et monteur de mouche pour l’année 1986 par la FSA.
Comfortable before a crowd or a camera he was involved in a series of television programs for our benefit. He was recognized as a Master Tier by the FQSA and fly tier of the year by the ASF.
Son grand talent est aussi reconnu par Postes Canada alors qu’on lui demande de monter une Dark Montreal pour la nouvelle série de timbres.
He is a co-founder of the Moucheurs du Montreal Métropolitain (MMM) and the Montreal Fly Fishing Museum.
His great talent is noticed by Canada Post when he is asked to tie a Dark Montreal for a new series of stamps.
You now know enough to identify the winner of the Jean-Guy Côté Award for 2009.
I am honoured to introduce to you the latest member of the Canadian Fly Tiers’ Hall of Fame, Mister Orvis, Paul Leblanc.
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| The second recipient of the Jean-Guy Côté Award |
I am honoured to be the one to introduce the 2008 recipient of the Jean-Guy Côté Award.
Toward the end of April in 1998, I had been invited as guest speaker at the opening supper of the Cold Creek Fly Fishers. Sitting on the shore of Cold Creek near Trenton Ontario, I was talking with Jean-Guy Côté watching Hendricksons coming off the water. We were really concentrated that we did not notice this world renowned angler who was coming over to do a little bit of talking.
That gentleman is our winner for 2008 of the Jean-Guy Côté Award. That was for both Jean-Guy and myself our first official meeting. Near the water we chatted for a while, got to know each other better, cast a few flies and released a few browns.
At this time I would like to recall for your benefit, the selection criteria for the Award:
The recipient must have demonstrated an important contribution either to teaching, to the high quality of his fly tying, writings, creative ability and or his implication in making fly tying available to all fly tiers.
Our winner is very well known everywhere in Canada for the numerous writings in all the best fly fishing magazines. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada, the owner of Gale’s End Press, associate editor for the Canadian Fly Fisher magazine, the author of Stillwater Fly Fishing, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread for UNI Products and many more articles and books dedicated to fly fishing. His latest contribution is the Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns for Fly Fishing Canada.
At this time I know many among you have recognized our recipient of the Jean-Guy Côté Award for the year 2008. However, because of prior engagements, before he could be given the good news, he will only be with us in our thoughts. The prize will be presented to him by Jacques Héroux, from Edmunston, at the Dieppe Fly Fishing Forum in Moncton NB at the end of March.
And now, the recipient of the Jean-Guy Award for the year 2008 is,
Paul C. Marriner from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
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| The first recipient of the Jean-Guy Côté Award |
Early in 2005 Jean-Guy knew the nature of his illness.
He kept this to himself in the hope that a miracle would allow him to continue his daily activities far into the future.
That same spring he resigned himself to share this knowledge with his friends.
During the summer he made a farewell tour of his friends, fishing one last time with each of them.
The administrators of the Canadian Fly-Fishing Museum obtained authorization from Jean-Guy Côté to create an award in his honour.
The objective was to underline the work of a Canadian who has contributed, heart and soul, to the world of fly tying.
Jean-Guy himself chose John Cuco as the first recipient.
It was John Cuco who welcomed Jean-Guy into his Montreal home upon his arrival in town.
It was John Cuco who refined Jean-Guy’s techniques as a fly tyer.
It was John Cuco who showed Jean-Guy how to spool thread from a large bobbin.
It was John Cuco who taught Jean-Guy how to fish for brookies in the lakes of the Laurentians.
It was John Cuco who took Jean-Guy to fishing exhibitions.
It was John Cuco who introduced Jean-Guy to numerous personalities of the fishing world.
It was John Cuco who showed Jean-Guy how to teach fly-tying.
It was thanks to John Cuco that Jean-Guy developed his creativity and became an innovator.
Unless Jean-Guy Côté had met and become the friend of John Cuco, the business “UNI Products” would not have existed.
It is for all these reasons that Jean-Guy Côté chose to honor and to thank John Cuco by choosing him as the first recipient of the award bearing his name.
John Cuco is now the first member of the Canadian Hall of Fame of Fly Tyers of the Canadian Fly Fishing Museum in Waterloo, Québec.
Presentation of the Jean-Guy Côté Award was made to the daughter of the late John Cuco, Ms. Caroline Davidson, and other members of his family, at Paul Leblanc’s Salmo Nature Orvis fly shop , 110 McGill Street in Montréal on Saturday 24 March 2007. |
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