Store Manager: Ray Bley  
An Illinois native, Ray Bley has been fly fishing for over 15 years, starting out on the local rivers of The Prairie State and graduating to the spring creeks of the famed Driftless Area of Wisconsin. Saltwater is his current pursuit with the ever-popular redfish in his sights. No stranger to the Orvis family, Ray has been with us for almost a decade, and was previously our Fishing Manager at Orvis Chicago. Always in search of outdoor adventure, Ray’s travels have taken him to Wyoming and Montana, where he even witnessed a break-in of sorts while at a campground near Glacier National Park. The culprit turned out to be a bear, which, considering the locale, was just another day for the bear. The campers didn’t see it that way, with no one sleeping a wink until the bear was safely escorted off the premises. While Ray doesn’t foresee any bears wandering in at Orvis Virginia Beach, he does look forward to helping customers of the human variety with their next big adventure, whether it’s on the water, in the field, or anywhere out in the natural world.