For those of you that read my columns but haven’t fished with me, and for those that don’t read my columns but have fished with me, you know I don’t like fly fishing with nymphs. In fact, I refuse to ...

DULUTH — "I’m a professional stay-at-home dad with a YouTube channel," Gunnar Brammer said when asked to describe his job. "I guess I’m a professional fly tier, too, since I teach fly-tying classes ...

Kelly Galloup sat back and explained how to tie a Flatliner streamer fly. His explanation was pretty concise and as he masterfully tied the complicated pattern his banter was captivating. It seemed ...

One of Montana's legendary trout flies, the girdle bug, was designed to imitate a large stonefly nymph, or "hellgrammite," as the local anglers on the Big Hole River call the big aquatic insects.

Every fly pattern has a story. Most fly tyers at some point develop their own flies that become their favorite pattern that is often a variation of another pattern. Usually, the story centers around ...