The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...

The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will host expert fly-tying instructors from the Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited and conduct an “Introduction to Fly Tying” class on three ...

Bead-headed pheasant tails, woolly buggers and some newly created fly patterns spill out of boxes on 11-year-old Matthew Arndt’s fly-tying desk. The blue-eyed, freckled Post Falls boy came to the ...

Getting started with fly tying doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing books available, and the treasure troves of information on the internet ...

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 ...

Jan. 3—It's not too late to make that New Year's resolution, is it? Good, here it comes: Put down the spinning rod, pick up the fly rod. I've been fishing Roaring River for 40 years, and usually bring ...

Phil Horowitz of Holliston showed local anglers how to make a woolly bugger fly at a demonstration on the art of fly tying Sunday at Sudbury's Wayside Inn. Read on to see how the pros do it. By Kathy ...