The fly-fishing exhibit "Time Flies," centered on 1925, at Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles ties into the 100th ...

The preparation and the very first days of fishing can be the ... While Berkley worked over his fly-tying vice in the evenings, the dog would sniff the hand-tied flies suspiciously, then go ...

A recent fly-tying class hoped to hook some homeschooled kids on a new hobby. “Do the worm! Do the worm! Do the worm,” the ...

Some of the best fly fishing to be had can be found in small creeks and streams. Here are the top five dry flies for small ...

Then there’s the fly itself: a carefully crafted imitation of a bug or baitfish, often tied from feathers ... to cast delicate flies. Conventional fishing, on the other hand, focuses on using ...

Twenty four tiers attended to the event to tie roughly 1,800 flies between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Alen Baker, author of “Our Fly Fishing Heritage” and other local fly fishing histories, helped to ...

Fly fishing vests have been around since the ... The built-in rod holder comes in handy because it leaves your hands free to tie on new flies or modify rigs. For a vest, at this price point ...

You can use the base pattern of an Adams fly to tie a very common fly in the spring called the Blue-Winged Olive, which attracts lots of fish. You can even give these patterns a little parachute, a ...