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 ...

I can’t really remember how old I was when I discovered my dad’s fly-tying bench. It was actually my Grandfather Rideout’s huge roll-top desk from his B& A Railroad office. Large drawers now held old ...

It had been years since I thought of or heard of the old Brad's Brat. The steelhead fly was developed by Enos Bradner sometime around 1937. Bradner lived in the Seattle area where he owned a bookstore ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Zealand Bouwhuis, a junior at Wasatch High School in Midway, shows one of his hand-tied flies that ...

Getting started with fly tying doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing ...

DULUTH — "I’m a professional stay-at-home dad with a YouTube channel," Gunnar Brammer said when asked to describe his job. "I guess I’m a professional fly tier, too, since I teach fly-tying classes ...

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Tom Whiting noticed a pattern. It was the early 1990s, and fly-tiers from around the ...

In an unlikely order of events, Henry Ramsay was tying flies for a couple years before he ever saw anyone fly-fishing. Inspired by the old “American Sportsman” television program, he made as earnest a ...

WARRENTON -- Forty years ago, on a secret chicken farm in Warrenton, Henry Hoffman started a revolution in fly-fishing. Hoffman, 73, is a meticulous fly-fisherman who spent decades studying the ...

Discover the art of trout fly fishing with free seminars in Central Wisconsin. Learn techniques, fly tying, and explore local ...