[Click through all the images below to see how to tie the Bucktail Deceiver.] I began fly-fishing in 1947 and have fished many waters around the planet. As you might imagine, I have seen and fished a ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about tying flies to pass time during Maine’s long winters. Since then I’ve had a bunch of emails and texts, a couple of phone calls and several random face-to-face ...

Streamers or bucktails are flies which imitate minnows, baby fish, small baitfish, or leeches. They are probably the easiest flies to fish, yet also offer opportunities for more advanced fishing ...

Fishing elegantly-dressed dry flies on the surface is the most glamorized way to take trout. But if you want to score on jumbo fish, tie on a streamer. Streamers will fool all species of trout and in ...

While flipping through a couple of wholesale fly company catalogs recently, it occurred to me that the number of saltwater patterns has skyrocketed in the last few years. I’ve been tying for over 40 ...

A John Alden Knight bass fly from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla Hook: 3/0 black straight eye Thread: heavy black Tail: yellow bucktail Rib: gold oval tinsel Body: dubbed light brown w ...

The Counterfeiter mimics lavender and silver hues of smelt, a primary food source for landlocked Atlantic salmon and trout in ...