I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...
BASALT – Famous Colorado fly tier and lover of the Fryingpan River, A.K. Best, refers to pale morning dun (PMD) mayflies as the “glamour hatch” of the fly-fishing world. These beautiful mayflies hatch ...
My favorite bug is starting to hatch on the Fryingpan tailwater. In a world where green drakes get all the attention, pale morning duns seem to get second billing. In my humble opinion, PMDs hatch ...
Dennis Potter peers over his glasses to make sure everyone gets it, the students who have driven from Detroit to take an all day fly-tying class at his home. Suddenly he bellows, "No. No. No!" The ...
During the course of a season, I am asked perhaps a dozen times the question, "Do fish see colors?" My answer is usually, "They see colors but haven't been taught to identify them by name." The answer ...
_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 ...
Fly-tying skills will be demonstrated and taught by some of the region's top fly-tiers in programs and classes offered by sportsmen's organizations and others. Yellow Breeches Anglers, Boiling Springs ...
The Eastern Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo is back after a three-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, and attendees are sure to notice some big changes. “Big” being the operative word for this year’s ...
My favorite bug is starting to hatch on the Fryingpan tailwater. In a world where green drakes get all the attention, pale morning duns seem to get second billing. In my humble opinion, PMDs hatch ...