Chef Brad Leone learns the precise and artistic craft of fly tying from experienced fishing experts.

The judges have ooh-ed and ahh-ed, wowed and raised their eyebrows, and after some debate Saturday, the results are in for the Times Herald-Record's first fly-tying contest, sponsored by Thruway ...

It’s 7 p.m. Wednesday and as the wind howls across Fort Collins, a crowd forms around the table of Rick Takahashi. The half-dozen anglers from Northern Colorado huddle around Takahashi, watching in ...

Fly fishermen consider fly fishing to be interactive art, but it is really impressionistic art painted on a living canvas. John Atherton explains it in his 1951 classic, "The Fly and the Fish." ...

St. JOSEPH, Mo. — Who says practical skills can’t also be beautiful? The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites the public to a free class titled “Fly Tying: The Angler’s Art” from 1 – 4 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fly tying is supposed to be the game angler’s favourite winter pastime. While temperatures drop in the rivers and the ...

The simple act of tying feathers and fur onto a hook has often been described as an art form. Perhaps, it is. Some flytiers do, indeed, elevate this practical hobby into some form of art, if only by ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The item in my mailbox those many years ago arrived in a plain brown wrapper. Its contents were of a different nature entirely. The fly box that Dave ...