TOD SUTTLE  |  HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

Originally born in Ohio, Tod moved out to southern California at the age of 5 with his family and was immediately exposed to fishing in the saltwater with his dad.  Those late nights of fishing on local piers and jetties fueled the fire and created a passion for a life focused on catching fish of all species.  Tod purchased his first fly rod during his senior year of high school and became obsessed with tying flies and fooling small wild trout in the San Gabriel Mountains.

During his first year of college at Cal Poly Pomona, Tod changed his major to Biology so he could learn more about insects and other invertebrates to improve his work at the fly tying vise.  Employment at a local fly shop in 1994 lent itself to the purchase of a nine weight fly rod which allowed the pursuit of various saltwater species on the fly.  Using his float tube to fish the bays and estuaries of southern California soon replaced most of those trips to the mountains in search of wild trout; though trout fishing still remained an interest, the larger and more aggressive fish of the ocean consumed most of his time spent on the water.

After college, Tod was hired as a school teacher in Lakewood, California; he has been teaching courses in Biology and Forensic Science for the last 15 years.  Having a passion for fly fishing and aquatic environments has influenced every aspect of his life and he hopes to pass that interest on to both his students and his own children.  As a father of two daughters and a husband to an ever-encouraging wife, Tod spends most of his free time hanging out with his girls at different campgrounds or on the beach.  Tod was thrilled to be asked aboard as a member of the original Calico Syndicate and to have the opportunity to continue to pursue calico bass on the fly.