In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

This woolly bugger is a classic fly many beginners learn basic tying technique with. It can be fished in rivers but is mainly fished below the surface of lakes. It commonly imitates a leech and can be ...

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

Watch the Cornhusker Fly-Fishers tie flies at the Schramm Education Center classroom from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 18 and learn to tie your own. Fly tying is the art of attaching various materials — ...

As winter creeps in it often means a drop in opportunity for fly fishermen. That depends on where you live, of course, but for many of us, river time becomes vise time. If you’re new to fly tying, ...

FLINT TOWNSHIP – Anyone who’s ever spent much time in the company of fly fishers knows they go through stages of growth as predictable as the metamorphosis of a mayfly from nymph to full-blown hatch.

Ken Sink Trout Unlimited and the Two Lick Creek Anglers will hold a beginners fly-tying class from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays in January and February at the Homer City Fire Hall. The dates are Jan.