A couple Central Pennsylvania sportsmen’s organizations have opened registration for the 2020 editions of their annual winter fly tying classes for beginners and advanced tier alike. Students will ...

Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

I must have tied close to a thousand flies over the years and I thought I had looked at recipes from all angles including a trout’s view. What I mean is, when a person first gets into fly-tying he or ...

I have never seen a purple mayfly — I never hope to see one — but I know a good Ephemerella purpura imitation. The Purple Comparadun is a good choice when trout are going for small, darker mayflies in ...

One of the few remaining additions to my angling repertoire is to learn the art of fly-tying. For no apparent reason I have avoided tying my own flies, and instead opted for the effortless visit to ...

HAYWARD -- Outside, the river flows by, dark against the new snow. Inside the house, just up from the river, David Lucca is in his "comfort zone." It's the room in his basement where he has tied ...

With a gust of wind, the ice and snow have swapped places for rain and puddles. It may only be March, but spring is in the air. No doubt, many folks are not ready to retire their tip-ups, but with ...

Fly-tying booms across Maine each winter, a wonderfully pleasant pastime that requires no license to participate -- just good eyes, nimble fingers and sedulous nature. Fly-tying booms across Maine ...

FREDON — It took a moose, a turkey, a duck and a chicken to make a mayfly. With a little bit of moose fur, pieces of fowl feathers, a really long piece of thread to hold it all together on a hook, ...

Outside, the river flows by, dark against the new snow. Inside the house, just up from the river, David Lucca is in his "comfort zone." It's the room in his basement where he has tied thousands of ...

Bob Quigley developed the Hackle Stacker style of tying mayflies on California’s Fall River in 1988. The fly lands lightly on the water, maintains a mayfly silhouette and, with a white parachute-style ...