More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

Tying tips: Tie in the wing case before tying the thorax and then pull the foam over the peacock herl and tie-off behind the eye of the hook. Trim the foam leaving a short tab that extends beyond the ...

It’s no mystery why I start thinking about fly tying every year around this time. The nights are getting longer and longer and I’ve convinced myself the fishing in December is never very good; ...

Editor's note: This article is the third in a three-part series. As flies go, the red-and-white Lefty's deceiverlike pattern I had tied one recent evening sure wouldn't have won any awards. It wasn't ...

Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinEuphoric Muddler, courtesy The Fly Fisher’s Place. The Euphoric Muddler was inspired by Rick Anderson’s Euphoria. A sparse soft-hackle, Anderson’s fly combines color and ...

Charlie Craven found an epiphany in a mistake. While tying a saltwater lure, a filament went astray, twisting itself around the hook. It looked almost exactly like a freshwater midge fly pupa. Craven, ...