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 ...

The Worthington-West Franklin Community Library will host a basic fly tying workshop from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the library, 214 E. Main St., Building B, Suite 1, Worthington. This ...

Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.

Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.

He opens a silver box about the size of a thin paperback book to reveal several rows of neatly displayed flies. The yellow-and-black imitation bugs are lined up side-by-side. There’s a row of crane ...

At a few nearby tables sat a bunch of flytiers who had brought their own collections of fur and feathers along with their vises and varying levels of confidence. They were there to compete in the ...