Wet A Hook
TechnologiesLP "WAHT"
Ned Lunt, a Dentist
(Left), and Charlie Granstaff, an Attorney (Right), are the
founders and owners of Wet A Hook TechnologiesLP.
They both live in San Antonio, Texas. Being friends for years, they
would compare hunting and fishing stories whenever they were
together. One day Charlie was asking Ned about the durable flies he
tied. Ned mentioned that for many years he had used a material that
he had been "tinkering with". The fascination with this material
and their friendship has kept the two of them busy developing this
product for you.
They both love what they do in their busy practices of Dentistry
and Law. Wet A Hook Technologies (WAHT) has been the enjoyable
outlet of two very creative minds. They both praise their partner
as the motivating force in the efforts needed to build a company
while managing their own practices. If it is possible to have the
perfect partnership in a business, this is close to it with
complete trust in each other.
Ned was raised in the mountains of Southern Utah, hunting, fishing
and working the land his family has. He has a wonderful wife and
five children. He will also mention that he has 11 incredible
grandchildren. Ned came to Texas in 1970 where he served a mission
for his church. He later came back to visit, met his wife and they
moved to Beaumont, Texas. Ned’s strong chemistry background
landed him a job at Mobil Chemical in the R&D lab with polymer
development. He also worked as the assistant plant chemist for a
company in Port Arthur, Texas. In 1975 he was accepted to Dental
School in San Antonio and has lived there ever since.
Charlie was born and raised in Texas. He is married to his
high-school sweetheart and has three wonderful children. He is
Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law and is also a
CPA. He often writes articles and lectures for his law speciality.
Charlie and his family have a beautiful ranch in the Texas Hill
Country on the banks of the San Saba River about 120 miles from San
Antonio. There, he and his family and friends hunt deer, turkey,
quail and fish for bass, perch and catfish.
At the end of March 2007 Charlie and Ned met Andy Snedden as
pictured between Charlie and Ned below.
Andy
was born and raised in southern Ontario, Canada. He grew up in a
fishing family receiving tutelage in the finer points of angling
from his father and grandfather. Andy earned his MSc from Brock
Univ. and PhD from the Univ. of Toronto and subsequently worked at
the Univ. of St Andrews (Scotland) and then Univ. Kansas. His
behavioural ecology research has taken him to many parts of the
world – by some great coincidence there was usually good
fishing nearby. In 2001 Andy and his wife Barbara (a NY native)
returned to Canada and they now live on beautiful Vancouver Island.
Andy is president of Custom Rodbuilders Inc., a rod building
components supply company, and when not fishing or building rods he
lectures on fly fishing, fly tying and, rod
building.
Andy accepted an invitation to go
to San Antonio and visit with Charlie and Ned about the future of
Wet A Hook Technologies. Andy is an individual with great work
ethics and integrity. He has qualities that will be a major benefit
to WAHT and has accepted the position of Production Manager. Andy
is now a complete partner in the WAHT company with Charlie and
Ned.
This is a great success story that could not have happened without
the help of many individuals. Ned, Charlie and Andy want to thank
all of you for your interest and expertise and thank all who have
worked hard to listen, advise, and test these materials. We know we
now have incredible products for your excitement and creative use.
We know you will be thrilled with "TuffleyeTM".