Nick Dyroff (Nicky-D) is an avid fresh and saltwater angler out of Orlando, Florida. Ever since he learned to walk he has been fishing, beginning with the banks of the Hudson River in New York. He moved to Florida at a young age and began fishing the local lakes and Mosquito Lagoon with his father at age ten. Once old enough to drive, he saved up and purchased his first boat, a Mohawk Canoe. Every weekend he would load up the canoe and his surfboard and head for the coast in search of solid swells and tailing redfish. Flash forward over ten years and he now competitively and successfully fishes kayak tournaments around the state representing some of the best companies in the industry. With a full-time job in the insurance industry he still finds time to host fishing seminars, demo days, publish educational fishing articles and product reviews, film an online video series and attend fishing industry functions. His passion for growing the sport through education, youth involvement and a great sense of humor is evident when you first meet him.
Nick Dyroff is the founder of The Barbie Rod Challenge, a new movement encouraging anglers to come out of their shells and stop taking life so serious. Fishing competitively can take a toll on anglers and almost takes all the fun out of fishing, so when Nick challenged a small group of Florida competitive anglers to fishing with Barbie Rods, a movement was born. What started with six anglers grew to over six-hundred within only a few months. The challenge helps seasoned anglers fall in love with fishing again and new anglers to enjoy the sport and compete on an even playing level.
