ASHEVILLE – There's yoga and there's meditation. There's chanting and there's deep-belly breathing. And then there's fly-tying. For those of us trying to get away from the stress of the flashy, ...

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 ...

VENTURA, Calif. Bill Blackstone approaches his art as a witch would a brew. A pinch of false fingernails. A splash of puff paint. A glob of epoxy. A dash of beetle shells. Toss in a silk flower leaf, ...

Rick Estes prides himself on making his art imitate nature. After 28 years with the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department, retiring as a lieutenant, Estes has dedicated himself to mastering fly-tying.

A few weeks ago, I resurrected a fly pattern that you’ll probably recognize if you are among that group of now middle-aged fly fishers who took up the sport in the 1970s. We called it the “spider.” ...

CHEYENNE – The Curt Gowdy Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at Uncle Charlie’s, 6001 Yellowstone Road. This month’s featured speaker is Thomas ...

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 ...

Joe Nicklo doesn’t want to be known as the guy who killed the sacred tradition of fly-tying. But maybe he wouldn’t mind being known as the guy who reinvented it. Or better still, the guy who ...