As winter creeps in it often means a drop in opportunity for fly fishermen. That depends on where you live, of course, but for many of us, river time becomes vise time. If you’re new to fly tying, ...

If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Many trout fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those bugs ...

Flies using the fur of hares have been tied and fished effectively since the 1600s. In 1676, a pattern like what we might recognize today as a Hare’s Ear was described in the book “The Compleat Angler ...

A big part of my plan for this summer is to spend more time fishing small streams with the goal of simplifying my fly fishing. It’s easy to have all kinds of expectations when you set this kind of ...

A recent detour on the final leg of a road trip in early May re-routed me past AA Outfitters on Route 115 in Blakeslee. You might call it fate, luck or divine intervention. I was in the market for a ...

If there’s anything more rewarding than catching a fish on a fly tied with your own two hands, it is doing so with fly tying material salvaged from game animals you’ve harvested afield. In ...

Far less heralded than its upland counterparts such as sharptailed grouse and rooster pheasants in the field, the Hungarian partridge is also less colorful, especially when compared to the former’s ...

Paul also had a good night of fishing with his old Orvis bamboo rod and using Copper Johns and Gold Ribbed Hares Ear nymphs. That was a lucky evening for me in another way, too. One time I slipped and ...

CALICO ROCK -- Where the White River trickles its way through the highlands near Pettigrew in Madison County, the little warm-water stream is narrow enough in spots to jump across. By the time it ...