One of the few remaining additions to my angling repertoire is to learn the art of fly-tying. For no apparent reason I have avoided tying my own flies, and instead opted for the effortless visit to ...

I must have tied close to a thousand flies over the years and I thought I had looked at recipes from all angles including a trout’s view. What I mean is, when a person first gets into fly-tying he or ...

Vulnerability. That s what the predator is looking for. And that s just what this pattern speaks to a hungry trout. The kinky tail suggests that this mayfly is stuck in its shuck. The headlong wings ...

Grand Marais, Minn.- If you climb the spiral staircase, you will think you have ascended to fly-tying heaven. Not necessarily a tidy heaven, but heavenly enough if you care about making crippled ...

A couple Central Pennsylvania sportsmen’s organizations have opened registration for the 2020 editions of their annual winter fly tying classes for beginners and advanced tier alike. Students will ...

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...

With a gust of wind, the ice and snow have swapped places for rain and puddles. It may only be March, but spring is in the air. No doubt, many folks are not ready to retire their tip-ups, but with ...

Fly-tying booms across Maine each winter, a wonderfully pleasant pastime that requires no license to participate -- just good eyes, nimble fingers and sedulous nature. Fly-tying booms across Maine ...