GLIDE, Ore. -- Nobody really knows why a fish bites at a fly. If it were understood, there might not be events like the North Umpqua Fly Tying Festival, or even the sport of fly-fishing in general.

For him, fly tying was problem solving.” Whalley is almost always thinking about fly designs. “The last couple of years, I’ve been digging really deep into trying to understand what the fish perceives ...

Local fly-fishing shops offer fly-tying lessons, as do some fly-fishing clubs. Cliff Hamilton of Brea, a tier for 20 years, learned four basic types of flies from a video.

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 ...

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.

I’ve always pictured fly-fishing and fly-tying as a rugged gentleman’s sport, the kind of sport that attracts men with tanned, aged, distinguished faces with curly, gray mustaches.

Veteran fly fishermen Bruce Schneck and Tony Mione, and other members of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited, will lead fly-tying classes from 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 12, 19 and 26, at the Sweet ...

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No fly has to look the same as the last. "You have a tendency when you're tying to sort of tweak a fly that you have seen or used to make it better and to improve upon it," he said.

One showy pink and white fly he did for Casting for Recovery, an organization that sets up fly-fishing retreats for women recovering from breast cancer, was purchased by a bidder from Oregon for $340.