A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

Editor's note: This article is the third in a three-part series. As flies go, the red-and-white Lefty's deceiverlike pattern I had tied one recent evening sure wouldn't have won any awards. It wasn't ...

Last week, I received an email from a friend of mine who lives in southeastern Pennsylvania. Like many fly-fishermen this time of year, he had been busy tying flies for the upcoming season, and that ...

On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

As winter creeps in it often means a drop in opportunity for fly fishermen. That depends on where you live, of course, but for many of us, river time becomes vise time. If you’re new to fly tying, ...

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If there’s anything more rewarding than catching a fish on a fly tied with your own two hands, it is doing so with fly tying material salvaged from game animals you’ve harvested afield. In ...

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