MISSOULA — For devoted fly fishers, winter has traditionally been a time of quiet meditation at the fly-tying bench. But this year, a shortage of premium fly-tying feathers has left both hobbyist and ...

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Tom Whiting noticed a pattern. It was the early 1990s, and fly-tiers from around the ...

WARRENTON -- Forty years ago, on a secret chicken farm in Warrenton, Henry Hoffman started a revolution in fly-fishing. Hoffman, 73, is a meticulous fly-fisherman who spent decades studying the ...

BOISE — For a 49-year-old manager of a fly fishing shop, Jim Bernstein spends an awful lot of time on the phone with hairdressers. They bought out his display of hackles — the long, skinny rooster ...

Successful fly fishing is largely dependent on using the right pattern. Lists of “go-to” flies exist in many publications and online resources, and every seasoned angler has those few patterns they ...

Here’s an adult chironomid pattern that uses deer hair to keep the imitation in the surface film. The Lady McConnell was developed by Brian Chan for fishing McConnell Lake in the Kamloops region of ...

Don’t get your hackles up, but high feather prices for fly tyers aren’t going way down anytime too soon. For a couple of years now, prices have skyrocketed for superior fly-tying hackles, being bought ...

One of the most important ingredients in a trout fly (after the hook) is hackle feathers, and that’s why a recent trend in young women’s fashion is causing alarm. It seems teenage girls have ...