BASALT – Are you one of those folks who have always had an ambition to tie your own flies? Getting started doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing ...

“Tying a fly is not magic,” said Len Savanella. “The average person can do it.” As Fishing Manager of Orvis at the Ridge Hill Shopping Center in Yonkers, Savanella has been backing up his words with ...

With trout season just around the corner, I continue to struggle to fill my fly boxes with enough flies to carry me through the year. Every year I promise myself that I will get an early start to my ...

MassWildlife will host a free “Intro to Fly Tying” course for beginners only on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at its Western District Office, with tools and materials provided.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Joe Nicklo doesn’t want to be known as the guy who killed the sacred tradition of fly-tying. But maybe he wouldn’t mind being known as the guy who reinvented ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. I thought I’d looked everywhere. On the fly tying table. On the ground. On my wife’s desk. In the ...

It’s no secret trout can be very finicky feeders. With the 2021 season about a month and a half away, and as stream waters begin to warm throughout April and May from their winter lows, the height of ...

Tying season is nearly upon us, and glancing through my boxes alerted me to the fact that I have a lot of work to do this winter. I have trouble sleeping when I am getting low on certain patterns, and ...