Spring Creek has a brief run — from the Big Springs in nearby Caledonia north for just over a mile, where it joins the Oatka Creek a short distance from Genesee Country Village. The creek may be short, but it has long been regarded as a premier trout stream. By the middle of the 19th century, its fame among sportsmen led to the establishment of several fishing clubs along its banks.

In 1828, the remarkable stream drew to its banks a man who would soon win the attention of sports fishermen. John McBride, newly arrived from Scotland, settled his family in Mumford. McBride excelled as a maker of lures for fly fishermen, and his dressed, or tied, flies found a ready market.

McBride was assisted by his daughter, Sarah, became as well known as her father for flies, and better known for her scientific studies of aquatic insects. As a result of her observations, Sarah McBride dressed her flies "after nature." She won acclaim for her articles published in national journals and for her flies, which won awards at an international exposition.

In this building the simple tools and materials for deception the fly maker used have been assembled to demonstrate the art designed to fool the fish and delight the sportsman. In addition, there are examples of rods, reels and tackle that would have been found in the 19th-century tackle shop. The Genesee Country Village's c.1840 Fly Tier's Tackle Shop and Dwelling, marked by the gold-leafed fish trade sign, is from Livingston County, N.Y.

This structure is currently undergoing renovation and is not open to the public.