Mary Kuss is semi-retired after a long tenure as an instructor and retail clerk at The Sporting Gentleman, an independent Orvis dealer in Media, PA. She is a licensed Pennsylvania fishing guide, and has taught countless group classes and private lessons in fly fishing and fly tying over the past 30 years. She has served on the Board of Directors for several non-profit conservation organizations, and has donated many hours of volunteer teaching.
Mary is a life-member of Trout Unlimited and has served on the Board of the Ken Lockwood, Valley Forge, and Delco-Manning Chapters of T. U. She is the founder and an active member of the Delaware Valley Women’s Fly Fishing Association, one of the largest clubs of its kind on the East Coast, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary year in 2016.