Getting started with fly tying doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing ...

As I embark on my fifty-first season of fly-fishing and fly tying, I find the many changes that have altered these pastimes over that timespan to be nothing short of mindboggling. And of course they ...

When the current fly-fishing boom started in America several decades ago, advances in the technology of rods and lines, development of synthetic fly-tying materials and sophisticated new fly patterns, ...

John Barr never intended to write a book, hadn’t a clue how to start, didn’t even know how to operate the word processor function on his computer. But the Boulder resident did know plenty about flies ...

Discover the art of trout fly fishing with free seminars in Central Wisconsin. Learn techniques, fly tying, and explore local ...

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, falls by the wayside. There is something instinctive in me ...

To help pass a few long winter evenings in the past couple of months, I read once again several classic fly-fishing books that had greatly influenced me during my early years. Absorbing the familiar ...

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 ...