On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

Getting started with fly tying doesn’t have to be daunting, especially with the wealth of fly shops around here, the amazing books available, and the treasure troves of information on the internet ...

On the west side of the living room of Bob and Carol Fairey’s Anacortes home is a large desk covered with tiny tools, spools of thread, hooks, glue and a chunk of styrofoam. To the right of the desk ...

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Trout eagerly snatched up the simple offering cast into the shallow pool. Many, many years ago, sort of like the “build it and they will come” philosophy, I would throw out most any fly from the box ...

, fast-shooting heads, fast-drying UV resin, and even pre-made wings, legs, and tails that let you whip up flies faster than ever. This might be why spun-hair bass bugs aren’t commonplace in fly boxes ...

A landlocked salmon caught on a Golden Retriever on the Rapid River during Maine’s spring fishing season. Credit: Marc McDonald The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild ...