Stackpole Books launches its new line of how-to books this fall, beginning with Basic Fly Tying: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started, edited by Jon Rounds, with Wayne Luallen consulting ...

I usually recommend a fly-tying kit when that time of year arrives for gift suggestions. This year, I chose instead to do an entire column on the fun and rewards of the fly-tying hobby. Most people ...

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 ...

Fly Tying I: Basic fly tying techniques, use of tools, types of hooks, choosing materials, etc. Start by tying a Woolly Bugger and progress to nymphs and dry flies. This class will focus on skills to ...

The first time I went fly fishing, my buddy summed up the sport in five words: “hurling money into the river.” That definitely felt like the case as I proceeded to lose $10 worth of store-bought flies ...

With the arrival of winter, now is the perfect time to hone and refine those essential fly-tying skills. In an effort to provide free fly-tying classes and workshops to the general public, as well as ...

The Brodhead chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold a fly-tying workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 5, 12 and 19, 2013, at Monroe County Environmental Education Center, 8050 Running Valley Road, ...

Bob Blount, the owner of Wasatch Custom Angling Tools in Albany, will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 10 meeting of the Santiam Flycasters in Salem. Bring your rod for practice casting and ...

At the International Fly Tying Symposium over the weekend in Somerset, N.J., the most observed and admired fly maker may have been Pat Cohen of Cobleskill. The hotel ballroom was ringed with tiers ...