Getting started with 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 ...

The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

Bob Lienemann assists Lee Driscoll with the hackle of a “wooly worm” fly she is tying during a weekly meeting of the Silver Bow Fly Tyers at the Archives Tuesday morning. Fly tiers bring their tying ...

The Woolly Worm has been one of my favorite flies for as long as I have been tying. In fact, it was the first fly I ever tied and that might have something to do with my love of this critter. The ...

Jan. 3—It's not too late to make that New Year's resolution, is it? Good, here it comes: Put down the spinning rod, pick up the fly rod. I've been fishing Roaring River for 40 years, and usually bring ...

Well, older fly fishers remember them fondly - and for good reason. In those old, pre-entomology-concerned days, fly selection was based on what had worked in the past. That was good enough. And, ...