Here’s another easy one that, tied small, with a slim profile should produce wherever trout, bass and bluegill feast on damselfly emergers. Keep a small selection of these tied, weighted and ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

Layne Smith is a fly-tying encyclopedia. Mention just about any fly and "Smitty," as he is known to fly-fishers throughout the bay area, can show you how to tie it. Saltwater, freshwater, warm water, ...

If ever there were an outdoor pastime to be conducted indoors next to the shifting glow of a warm fire on bitterly cold evenings, then fly tying is it. While I am most likely embellishing the truth by ...