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 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 ...

It’s no mystery why I start thinking about fly tying every year around this time. The nights are getting longer and longer and I’ve convinced myself the fishing in December is never very good; ...

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 fantastic ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fly tying is supposed to be the game angler’s favourite winter pastime. While temperatures drop in the rivers and the ...

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 ...