Kelly Buchta

Kelly E. Buchta is a relentless and enthusiastic volunteer who dedicates her time and passion to organizing, leading, and fostering diversity in the fly-fishing world. She is the New Jersey representative to the Trout Unlimited National Leadership Council, as well as the Northeast Regional VP and Women’s Initiative Coordinator for the TU NJ State Council. She also serves as the Diversity Initiative Workgroup chair. In addition, Kelly is the Board President of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum and a partner in Dette Flies, located in Livingston Manor, New York. When she’s not teaching literature, she is either tying classic wet flies or smiling in a stream somewhere in the Northeast, particularly the Catskills.