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 ...

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, ...

Brodhead Trout Unlimited Winter Fly-Tying Class begins Jan. 6. Now is a good time to develop new fly tying skills or to hone existing tying prowess and get ready for the approach of spring fly fishing ...

Frigid weather over the winter holidays is continuing through this week, and plenty of outdoors-loving people are beginning to get that cabin fever feeling. The Hokendauqua Chapter of Trout Unlimited ...

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 ...

Compared to last year, the chances for cabin fever in early January 2011 have been slim to none. There’s no snow on the ground (although that may change on Friday), the visible grass which is usually ...

The first time I went fly fishing, my buddy summed up the sport in five words: “hurling money into the river.” That definitely felt like the case as I proceeded to lose $10 worth of store-bought flies ...

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 ...

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 ...