George Beall was an expatriate American who grew up in Detroit but as an adult lived in southern France. In the 1970s, he was fishing in the Pyrenees, and in the Test and Avon Rivers when he visited England. Much of his fishing was with tiny midge flies tied on #22 and #24 hooks, using 7X and 8X tippets. He remained friends with Martha Marie Young years after her husband Paul's death. On his visits to the USA, Beall would bring Mrs. Young tippet material, because European tippets were stronger than what could be had in America. He also brought her samples of the Tricouleur Midge, which pleased Mrs. Young because they were tied in the blue, white, and red colors of the French flag.
