Getting started in fly tying doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing books available, and the treasure troves of information on the internet these ...

I’m working my way through a couple of new fishing books, and I find it interesting that they take different approaches to the idea of selectivity in trout. The notion that fish will take a fly if it ...

My introduction to the world of fly fishing — the stunning rivers, elegant casting, myriad fish species, and gadgets galore — started at our dining room table in Saginaw. Picking through the gift of a ...

Fly tying and football season go together like peanut butter and jelly. For me and many fly tyers in the valley, not much is better than setting up a vise in front of a TV screen with a football game ...

I don’t remember tying a single fly last summer. The warmer months become a blur when you fish hard, and some things, especially vise time, fall by the wayside. There is something instinctive in me ...

There are a lot of flies that are tied to represent the same bug at a single, specific time in their development using a standard formula of thread and feathers. Why? For some tyers, it is an ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) -The lure of fly fishing continues to attract people of all ages and walks of life, and women are one of the largest groups that are curious about it. Dodson’s Fly ...

The rays of the setting winter sun streamed through the window above my tying desk, bathing it in a golden light that enlivened the colors of the cree and dun hackles I wound about the wood duck flank ...

Tying tradition / Hooked on Art to feature Franz Pott's legendary flies By KIM BRIGGEMAN of the Missoulian Not everyone can tie Pott flies, which is exactly what Franz Pott had in mind when he ...