Above my own fly-tying bench is a frame displaying two rare classic salmon flies from the workshop of Paul Little, the man considered by many to be Britain’s best tyer.

After we concluded taping the show, Shawn and I continued discussing fly-tying competitions. Back in the 1990s, I competed in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey and was honored to have posted ...

Then, the guide went on to tell Johnson the bizarre story of a master fly-tier named Edwin Rist. In 2009, Rist — who was then a 20-year-old American student at the Royal Academy of Music in ...

DIEPPE – With the patience and precision of a man three times his age, 10-year-old Julian Furlaga carefully ponders every move of his thread. “So my tail and my topping touches perfectly and ...

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 ...

He also wrote many books. My favorite and most well-used was the classic, "The Versatile Fly," (Lyons Press, 1990). It sits prominently on my fly-tying desk at all times.