After tying a few dozen of those flies, pick a couple more to tie and really start building your collection of materials. Before you know it, you’ll have a large collection of materials to create ...

After tying a few dozen of those flies, pick a couple more to tie and really start building your collection of materials. Before you know it, you’ll have a large collection of materials to create ...

Being “sustainable” is apparently all the rage these days. Fall and spring hunting go hand in hand with the fly-tier’s bench, and harvesting meat and materials can coincide. Flies are still tied by ...

In addition, the company has eight employees in Columbia Falls, where all the tying materials are sorted, dyed and packaged, and finished flies distributed to retail outlets.

John Fehnel, right, rings up a major purchase of fly-tying supplies by avid fly angler Sam Gravelle, of Duluth, on Tuesday at Fehnel's Great Lakes Fly Shop in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood ...

A custom creation Jackson has been perfecting. It shares the characteristics of a damselfly and dragonfly larva. “It looks ...

Orvis makes fly-tying kits with materials to create several common fly patterns that have been proven to fool fish. Choose large fly patterns (size #10 or #12) first, as they’re easier to complete.

Now, I really do think this is actually the year. At the Becoming an Outdoors Woman fly fishing session, I had a chance to oggle all the gear. The waders, boots, fly rods, fly-tying supplies and ...