If you want to get the feel for what it's like to fly fish, join a group of passionate fishermen during a six-course class, which will show beginners how to tie a fly. That's what members with the ...

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 ...

ASHEVILLE – There's yoga and there's meditation. There's chanting and there's deep-belly breathing. And then there's fly-tying. For those of us trying to get away from the stress of the flashy, ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It might seem mere coincidence that two men from Colorado’s Front Range should release important books on fly-tying just days apart. The concurrence ...

Spring is only six weeks away and now is the time to stock up on flies for the coming trout season. The Berks Fly Tyers will present a basic fly tying course March 4-April 8 at the Berks County ...

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 ...

FLY FISHING-- Winter is prime time to learn fundamentals of fly fishing before the spring waters warm and the bite is on. Here are two local opportunities: Jan. 24-25, Begining Fly Tying Course at ...

Editor's note: This article is the third in a three-part series. As flies go, the red-and-white Lefty's deceiverlike pattern I had tied one recent evening sure wouldn't have won any awards. It wasn't ...