There you have it three useful, easy-to-tie fly patterns to help you get started. But once you begin tying flies and actually catch a few fish on your own patterns someth ...

In addition to tools, fly-tying kits include the materials needed to tie the most basic fly patterns. Like any hobby kit, the more you spend, the more material you get.

The Montana Fly Co. offers more than 1,000 fly patterns, from Adams to zonkers, and from micro-midges to monster "double-bunny" pike streamers, each in four or five different sizes.

Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended. Clouser created the pattern to target smallmouth bass on ...

Press Photo/Cory OlsenDennis Potter works on tying a fat head beetle fly in his Grand Rapids home. He estimates he has tied 102,000 flies since 1992. Watch an audio slideshow for more about Potter ...

WINNECONNE - Wisconsin has a long, rich heritage in fly tying. The Weber Tackle Company of Stevens Point was established in 1888 and for most of the next century was a leading national purveyor of ...

Veteran fly fishermen Bruce Schneck and Tony Mione, and other members of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited, will lead fly-tying classes from 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 12, 19 and 26, at the Sweet ...

An open night of fly tying will be offered at the next meeting of the Mad Dog Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Middlesex at 6:30 p.m. at the Middlesex Town Hall. Beginners to experts are welcome. Bring ...