The two partners had come up with many highly effective fly patterns for western Montana streams through their own tying experiments. "We'd try them out with our guide clients," says Oswald.

Binding fine feathers and wispy strands of deer-tail hair with thread in order to make a fly requires serious dexterity. Whalley likes to employ (and experiment with) various adhesives, as evidenced ...

The preparation and the very first days of fishing can be the best. Here is a touching story of a fly-tying celebrity. Berkley Bedell had a great dog with a perfect color. One evening, Berkley ...

Growing up in western Montana, Kustudia caught the fly-fishing bug from his grandfather, Bill Cadieux. But the two of them left the tying to Bill's wife, Evelyn. "She was amazing. She did it for ...

You might call it fate, luck or divine intervention. I was in the market for a new fly-tying vise and something about the weathered wooden exterior of the cozy fly shop suggested they had just ...

The allure of fly fishing gripped me early in life as a mid-teen, beginning with tying flies ... s worse than digging through a snarl of jigs and sinkers and sharp hooks while fish rise.

The exhibit runs through June 8: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Programming associated with the exhibit includes beginner fly-tying workshops with ...

With steelhead starting to swim into the tributaries of Lake Erie, an expert fisherman and fly creator points out ... he kicked open a nine-pack of gold jigs. There were nine left in a pack ...

Tie one on this Sunday, March 23, at the annual Central New York Fly Tying Symposium. The free event will be held from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Harts Hill Inn in Whitesboro, and features 20-30 ...