MISSOULA — For devoted fly fishers, winter has traditionally been a time of quiet meditation at the fly-tying bench. But this year, a shortage of premium fly-tying feathers has left both hobbyist and ...

Most importantly, tying an Adams will teach you to control stiffer dry fly hackle feathers in a tight space. You’ll need to ...

Editor's note: This article is the second in a three-part series. Next time: Starting off with a few good fly patterns. Intimidated. That's a pretty good way to describe how I felt a couple of springs ...

Fly-tiers are a bit distressed these days. Why? It seems that they have some serious competition when it comes to premium hackle. Premium hackle comes from a rooster or hen specifically bred to ...

BOISE — For a 49-year-old manager of a fly fishing shop, Jim Bernstein spends an awful lot of time on the phone with hairdressers. They bought out his display of hackles — the long, skinny rooster ...

Wayne Walts, of Troutfitter, a fly fishing specialty shop in Syracuse, teaches a 5-weeks, hands on, fly tying class at the store. Each class lasts about 2 1/2 hours. Although there are thousands of ...

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 ...

If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

Sun., April 19, 2009 Carolyn Sells of Spokane and LeRoy Hyatt of Lewiston on set of Fly Tying: The Anglers Art series begins next week. Photo courtesy of KWSU-TV (Photo courtesy of KWSU-TV / The ...